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ISBN | 9789389648409 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Bib. Info | hb;xxxi,352p.;22cm. Includes Index |
Product Weight | 600 gms. |
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A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational 'A clear look into Indias political, social and economic history unobstructed by decades of agenda-driven narratives that sought to muddy the waters of our civilisational truths. -Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Government of India. For the better part of seven decades after independence, the Nehruvian idea of India held sway in Indias polity, even if it was not always in consonance with the views of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. Three key features constituted the crux of the Nehruvian way: socialism, which in practice devolved to corruption and stagnation; secularism, which boxed citizens into