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The Battle Of Belonging : On Nationalism, Patriotism, And What It Means To Be Indian

Shashi Tharoor

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Binding: Paper Back

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Language: English

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There are over a billion Indians alive today. But are some Indians more Indian than others? To answer this question, one that is central to the identity of every man, woman, and child who belongs to the modern Republic of India, eminent thinker and bestselling writer Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested ideas of nationalism, patriotism, citizenship, and belonging. In the course of his study, he explains what nationalism is, and can be, reveals who is anti-national, what patriotism actually means, and explores the nature and future of Indian nationhood. He gives us a clear-sighted view of the forces working to undermine the ?idea of India? (a phrase coined by Rabindranath Tagore) that has evolved through history and which, in its modern form, was enshrined in India?s Constitution by its founding fathers. Divided into six sections, the book starts off by exploring historical and contemporary ideas of nationalism, patriotism, liberalism, democracy, and humanism, many of which emerged in the West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and quickly spread throughout the world. The author then summarizes India?s liberal constitutionalism, exploring the enlightened values that towering leaders and thinkers like Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Ambedkar, Patel, Azad, and others invested the nation with. These are contrasted with the narrow-minded, divisive, sectarian, ?us vs them? alternatives formulated by Hindutva ideologues, and propagated by their followers who are now in office.

Additional Info
Author Shashi Tharoor
Publisher Aleph Book Company
Language English
Binding Type Paper Back
Non Fiction History & Politics
ISBN13 9789393852588
SKU BK 0126730

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