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India revisited : conversations on contemporary India
- Title
- India revisited : conversations on contemporary India / Ramin Jahanbegloo [in conversation with Romila Thapar and others].
- Publication
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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- Description
- vi, 280 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- In India Revisited, Ramin Jahanbegloo converses with twentyseven leading India personalities-social scientists, journalists, activists, artists, and sports persons-to gain an understanding of contemporary Indian society. Breaking new ground in the East-East dialogue, this book reveals that something more than economic wealth, political power, and technological ambition is needed to combat corruption, poverty, and inequality in India. This, for all of Jahanbeglioo's interviewees, is in line with the the social thinking of great thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, and the strength of the pluralistic Indian religious and cultural framework. India Revisited gives a one-of-a-kind view of contemporary India, seen through the eyes of those who have engaged ith the country, her people, and culture through their work and lives.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- interviews.
- History
- Interviews
- Interviews.
- Contents
- Introduction: Making sense of India -- Being an Indian today / Romila Thapar -- Elements of diversity / Kapila Vatsyayan -- Post-independence evaluation / J. C. Kapoor -- Modernity and Indian nationalism / Partha Chatterjee -- Gandhi and the Indian identity / Ashis Nandy -- The Indian constitution: strengths and weaknesses / Soli Sorabji -- Indian democracy and pluralism / Rajni Kothari -- Critiquing secularism / T. N. Madan -- Caste in modern India / D. L. Sheth -- Science and society / Surendra Prasad -- The Indian economy: challenges and uncertainties / Amit Bhaduri -- Evaluating education / Krishna Kumar -- Politics and democracy in India / M. J. Akbar -- Buddhism and India / His holiness, the Dalai Lama -- Christians in India / Peter De Souza -- Role of Parsis in Modern India / T. R. Andhyarujina -- Challenges to Islam in India / Mushirul Hasan -- The Indian psyche / Sudhir Kakar -- The woman question / Nivedita Menon -- Fighting indiscriminate globalization / Vandana Shiva -- Role of NGOs in people-oriented development / Ruchira Gupta -- The story of modern Indian art / Geeta Kapur -- Indian classical dance as a genre / Sonal Mansingh -- Evolving architecture with an Indian inspiration / Raj Rewal -- Filming India / Mrinal Sen -- Significance of Hindustani classical music / Madhup Mudgal -- Cricket as an Indian game / Prabhash Joshi.
- ISBN
- 9780195689440
- 0195689445
- LCCN
- 2008272871
- OCLC
- ocn184825632
- 184825632
- SCSB-14457858
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library