The Struggle for India's Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy

Over a billion Indians are alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this...
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Author: Shashi Tharoor
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The Struggle for India's Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy by Tharoor, Shashi

The Struggle for India's Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy

$107.40

The Struggle for India's Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy

$107.40
Author: Shashi Tharoor
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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 demonized, 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.


Author: Shashi Tharoor
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 11/15/2021
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.49w x 1.48d
ISBN: 9781787385597

About the Author

Shashi Tharoor is a former UN under-secretary-general, a Congress MP in India, the author of sixteen books, and the recipient of literary awards including a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Financial Times Book of
the Year.

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