A New Idea of India: The Civilizational Republic

For the better part of seven decades after independence, the Nehruvian idea of India held sway in India's polity, even if it was not always in consonance with the views of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. Three key features constituted the crux of the Nehruvian way: socialism, which in practice devolved to corruption and stagnation; secularism, which boxed citizens into group membership and diluted individual identity; and nonalignment, which effectively placed India in the Communist camp. In the early Nineties, India began a gradual withdrawal from this path. But it was only in 2019, with Narendra Modi's second successive win in the general elections.

Author: Harsh Gupta, Rajeev Mantri
Publisher: Viking
Published: 12/23/2023
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780670097876
ISBN10: 067009787X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Political Science | Essays