The Idea of India - Hardcover

Khilnani, Sunil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374174172 ISBN 13: 9780374174170

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998

Synopsis

The author of Arguing Revolution explains how, since the departure of the British in 1948, India has struggled to maintain its identity, develop its economy, and fight poverty while uniting its people to form the enormous democracy it has become.

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Review:

A splendid - and timely - book ... Spirited, combative and insight-filled ... Khilnani has woven a rich analysis of contemporary India and its evolution since indepence. I am inclined to agree with [him] on the robustness and staying power of the secular idea of India (Amartya Sen Times Literary Supplement)

A masterful rebuttal to all cultural romantics and religious chauvinists ... [A] splendid book about definitions of the Indian nation (Ian Buruma New York Review of Books)

Especially brilliant is Khilnani's attempt to understand the changing nature of India by studying its urban constructs (Chitra Divakaruni Los Angeles Times)

About the Author:

Sunil Khilnani is Avantha Professor and Director of the King's India Institute, King's College London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0374174172
• ISBN 13: 9780374174170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 263