India now and in transition / edited by Atul K. Thakur ; with a foreword by Sunil Khilnani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thakur, Atul Kumar, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--History--1947-.

India.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Niyogi Books, 2017.

Contents:

POlitics And Governance

Indians Great, Greater, Greatest? / Ramachandra Guha Guha, Ramachandra 21

The Enduring Legacy of Dr Ambedkar / Shashi Tharoor Tharoor, Shashi 29

Mr Modi Wins in Varanasi / Chandrahas Choudhury Choudhury, Chandrahas 36

Congress and its Ideological Dilemmas / Rasheed Kidwai Kidwai, Rasheed 45

Kashmir Today and the Way to the Future / Wajahat Habibullah Habibullah, Wajahat 56

What Ails the Northeast? / Rajeev Bhattacharyya Bhattacharyya, Rajeev 86

Federalism Frenzy: India's Halting Centre-State Relations / Rajiv Jayaram Jayaram, Rajiv 95

What Happened to 'Land Reform'? / Robin Jeffrey Jeffrey, Robin 107

Can Indian Afford Not to Eliminate Corruption? / T.S.R. Subramaman Subramaman, T.S.R. 130

The Hand and the Fist: Human Rights and State Power in India / Manu Bhagavan Bhagavan, Manu 141

Debating Judicial Reforms in India / Sukanya Natarajan Natarajan, Sukanya 153

Governing the Ungoverned: Challenges from Below / Abinash Chaudhary Chaudhary, Abinash 170

Economics And Development

Indian Economy: Looking Back to Go Forward Differently / Jayati Ghosh Ghosh, Jayati 181

Human Development: Conceptual Foundations and Practice in India / Sandeep Dikshit Dikshit, Sandeep 202

Whither India's Economic Reforms? / Jaithirth Rao Rao, Jaithirth 215

Black Money: We Won't Get it Back / Vivek Kaul Kaul, Vivek 223

India's Employment Guarantee Act: In a Nutshell / Reetika Khera Khera, Reetika 237

Audit, Good Governance and Sustainable Development / Vinod Rai Rai, Vinod 245

Falling For the Village Romantics / Manu Joseph Joseph, Manu 254

The 'Real Other' of the World's Largest Democracy / AtuJ K. Thakur Thakur, AtuJ K. 262

Security And Foreign Policy

Indian Strategy in a Non-strategic Age / Dhruva Jaishankar Jaishankar, Dhruva 277

Indian Internal Security: Are we Sacrificing the Security of our Citizens at the Altar of the Security of the State? / Omair Ahmad Ahmad, Omair 287

India's Imminent Prominence in Cyber Oceans / Samir Saran Saran, Samir, Mahima Kaul Kaul, Mahima 296

Insurgency and Statehood: The Drive for Legitimacy in Northeast India / Namrata Goswami Goswami, Namrata 301

India's Foreign Policy: Asian Dynamics / Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy Chaturvedy, Rajeev Ranjan 312

Society And Culture

The Indian News Media: The Future of the Numbers Game / Kajal Basu Basu, Kajal 327

Environmentalism Today / Sopan Joshi Joshi, Sopan 338

Hindu India and the Subaltern Voice / Daipayan Halder Halder, Daipayan 344

New Time in Mofussil India / Abhay Mohan Jha Jha, Abhay Mohan 354

The Alchemy of Multiple Identities / Abdullah Khan Khan, Abdullah 362

Indian Cinema: Forever in Search of its Golden Era / Pallavi Rebbapragada Rebbapragada, Pallavi 370

Money and Mindsets: Sports in India / Shamya Dasgupta Dasgupta, Shamya 378

Wielding the Scissors: Indian Censors and the Silencing of a Generation / Aditya Mani Jha Jha, Aditya Mani, Rini Barman Barman, Rini 387

Real Market for Dreams: Advertising and the Economics of a Good Deal / Anuraag 399

Language And Literature

View from Below: Utopia and Change / Udaya Narayana Singh Singh, Udaya Narayana, Rajarshi Singh Singh, Rajarshi 409

Indian Poetry in English / Tabish Khair Khair, Tabish 423

The Indian Novel Today: Existing and Emerging Paradigms / Namrata Rathore Mahanta Mahanta, Namrata Rathore, Banibrata Mahanta Mahanta, Banibrata 432.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789385285639

9385285637

OCLC:

980680234

Publisher Number:

99975321514