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The Idea of India / Sunil Khilnani.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1999.Edition: 1st ed. pbk. edDescription: xviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0374525919 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 954.04 KHI
Contents:
Map. The British Empire in India Before 1947 -- Map. India in 1997 -- Introduction: Ideas of India -- 1. Democracy -- 2. Temples of the Future -- 3. Cities -- 4. Who is an Indian? -- Epilogue: The Garb of Modernity.
Review: "Our appreciation of the importance of India can only increase in light of current events in Asia and after the revelations about India's nuclear capabilities. This study addresses the paradoxes and ironies of this the world's largest democracy. Do the old ideas, or idea, of India still hold true - especially now that the country is in the hands of a very different kind of leadership? Can the original idea of India survive its own successes?"."In his new introduction, Khilnani addresses these issues in the new perspectives afforded by events of the recent year in India and in the world."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Hamu Mukasa Library Open Access / General collection; Level 2 954.04 KHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 117072

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-241) and index.

Map. The British Empire in India Before 1947 -- Map. India in 1997 -- Introduction: Ideas of India -- 1. Democracy -- 2. Temples of the Future -- 3. Cities -- 4. Who is an Indian? -- Epilogue: The Garb of Modernity.

"Our appreciation of the importance of India can only increase in light of current events in Asia and after the revelations about India's nuclear capabilities. This study addresses the paradoxes and ironies of this the world's largest democracy. Do the old ideas, or idea, of India still hold true - especially now that the country is in the hands of a very different kind of leadership? Can the original idea of India survive its own successes?".

"In his new introduction, Khilnani addresses these issues in the new perspectives afforded by events of the recent year in India and in the world."--BOOK JACKET.

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