The Idea of India

The Idea of India

by SunilKhilnani (Author)

Synopsis

The Idea of India was originally published to mark the 50th anniversary of India's independence and has since established itself as a uniquely valuable and authoritative book on a key subject. At the heart of India's self-image since independence has been 'the idea of India' - modern, technocratic, egalitarian, secular - but the tensions between the idea and the reality have become almost intolerable. With the legacy of Nehru and Gandhi everywhere under attack and ferociously religious and militant politicians in power has the idea of India lost all meaning?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 07 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0141014261
ISBN 13: 9780141014265

Author Bio
Sunil Khilnani was born in Delhi and educated at Cambridge. He was a fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge, has taught politics at Birkbeck College, University of London and is now based at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. He is writing a biography of Nehru for Penguin.