Nationalism And Development Of Communalism In India; The Indian Renaissance; A Tribal World And Indian Freedom Struggle; Deccan, 1818-50: A Socio- Economic Analysis; Traditional Modernisers; History Of Nineteenth- Century Punjab; Myth And History; Influence Of Renaissance And Reformation; The Mongue- Chelmsford Reforms; And The Problem Of Indian History Etc. Are Major Topics Elaborately Discussed In This Volume.Substantially Based On The Findings Of Painstaking Research Of The Eminent Scholars In The Field, This Work Will Prove Of Utmost Use To The Scholars And Teachers As Well As General Readers In The Field.

Contemporary India: Economy, Society, Politics addresses issues facing the nation-state and civil society from diverse perspectives: those of political science, sociology, economics and history. The book is thematically divided into three parts—Economy, Society, and Politics—and includes discussions on topics as wide-ranging as poverty, regional disparities, policies, social change and social movements, the elements of democracy, dynamics of the party system, secularism, federalism, decentralization, and so on. The common thread of democracy, which strings together different aspects of contemporary India, serves as the framework of understanding here and underlies discussions in all the chapters. The book includes 23 original, well-researched and up-to-date chapters by authors who teach different courses in the social sciences. Without compromising on the complexity of their arguments, the authors have used a lucid, conversational style that will attract even readers who have no previous knowledge of the topics. The contributors have also provided a glossary, questions and further readings lists with students' examination needs in mind.

In this book, Das deploys class theory to decipher India’s economic and political situation. It deals with the specificities of India’s capitalism and neoliberalism, and their economic consequences. It critically examines lower-class struggles led by the Left, and the fascistic politics of the Right.

Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Now India is being feted as an economic power-house which might well become the second largest economy in the world before the middle of this century. Its democratic traditions, moreover, remain broadly intact. How and why has this historic transformation come about? And what are its implications for the people of India, for Indian society and politics? These are the big questions addressed in this book by three scholars who have lived and researched in different parts of India during the period of this great transformation. Each of the 13 chapters seeks to answer a particular question: When and why did India take off? How did a weak state promote audacious reform? Is government in India becoming more responsive (and to whom)? Does India have a civil society? Does caste still matter? Why is India threatened by a Maoist insurgency? In addressing these and other pressing questions, the authors take full account of vibrant new scholarship that has emerged over the past decade or so, both from Indian writers and India specialists, and from social scientists who have studied India in a comparative context. India Today is a comprehensive and compelling text for students of South Asia, political economy, development and comparative politics as well as anyone interested in the future of the world's largest democracy.

The book is a realistic and yet vivid survey of the country\'s mukltidimentional progress,cogently and lucidly written by the nation\'s well-known auther,diplomat and intellectual of over thirty deep into the complex intricacies of Indian diplomacy in contemporary times.It analyses in depth the working of the democratic apparatus and prodes the tangled web of communal thread and suggests ways and mean of restoring the harmony in different ethnic stratas of Indian society.The book is valuable for a researcher,educationist,intellectual and would serve as intelligent man\'s guiode to India\'s amazing progress in all field of national endeavour.