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Tharoor Shashi
The Struggle For India's Soul Nationalism And The Fate Of Democracy
The Struggle For India's Soul Nationalism And The Fate Of Democracy
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Description: Dissects how competing increasingly strident visions of India will shape its destiny for decades to come. Over a billion Indians are alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this question central to the identity of all who belong to modern India Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested notions of nationalism patriotism citizenship and belonging. Two opposing ideas of India have emerged: ethno - religious nationalism versus civic nationalism. This struggle for India's soul now threatens to hollow out and destroy the remarkable concepts bestowed upon the nation at Independence: pluralism secularism inclusive nationhood. The Constitution is under siege; institutions are being undermined; mythical pasts propagated; universities assailed; minorities demonised and worse. Tharoor shows how these new attacks threaten the ideals India has long been admired for as authoritarian leaders and their supporters push the country towards illiberalism and intolerance. If they succeed millions will be stripped of their identity and bogus theories of Indianness will take root in the soil of the subcontinent. However all is not yet lost. This erudite lucid book taking a long view of India's existential crisis shows what needs to be done to save everything that is unique and valuable about India.
Title: The Struggle For India's Soul Nationalism And The Fate Of Democracy
Author(s): Tharoor Shashi
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787385597
Pages: 356 Pages
Publication Date: 11/15/2021
Category: Political Structures: Democracy
Description: Dissects how competing increasingly strident visions of India will shape its destiny for decades to come. Over a billion Indians are alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this question central to the identity of all who belong to modern India Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested notions of nationalism patriotism citizenship and belonging. Two opposing ideas of India have emerged: ethno - religious nationalism versus civic nationalism. This struggle for India's soul now threatens to hollow out and destroy the remarkable concepts bestowed upon the nation at Independence: pluralism secularism inclusive nationhood. The Constitution is under siege; institutions are being undermined; mythical pasts propagated; universities assailed; minorities demonised and worse. Tharoor shows how these new attacks threaten the ideals India has long been admired for as authoritarian leaders and their supporters push the country towards illiberalism and intolerance. If they succeed millions will be stripped of their identity and bogus theories of Indianness will take root in the soil of the subcontinent. However all is not yet lost. This erudite lucid book taking a long view of India's existential crisis shows what needs to be done to save everything that is unique and valuable about India.
Title: The Struggle For India's Soul Nationalism And The Fate Of Democracy
Author(s): Tharoor Shashi
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787385597
Pages: 356 Pages
Publication Date: 11/15/2021
Category: Political Structures: Democracy