The Idea of IndiaPenguin Books India, 2004 - 263 strán (strany) The key book on India in the postnuclear era, with a new Introduction by the author.Our appreciation of the importance of India can only increase in light of the recent revelations of its nuclear capabilities. Sunil Khilnani's exciting, timely study addresses the paradoxes and ironies of this, the world's largest democracy. Throughout his penetrating, provocative work, he illuminates this fundamental issue: Can the original idea of India survive its own successes? |
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DEMOCRACY | 15 |
TEMPLES OF THE FUTURE | 61 |
CITIES | 107 |
WHO IS AN INDIAN? | 150 |
THE GARB OF MODERNITY | 196 |
References | 209 |
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