&Lsquo;Well-Balanced, Informative And Highly Readable&Rsquo;&Mdash;Amartya Sen India: From Midnight To The Millennium And Beyond Is An Eloquent Argument For The Importance Of India To The Future Of The Industrialized World. Shashi Tharoor Shows Compellingly That India Stands At The Intersection Of The Most Significant Questions Facing The World Today. If Democracy Leads To Inefficient Political Infighting, Should It Be Sacrificed In The Interest Of Economic Well-Being? Does Religious Fundamentalism Provide A Way For Countries In The Developing World To Assert Their Identity In The Face Of Western Hegemony, Or Is There A Case For Pluralism And Diversity Amid Cultural And Religious Traditions? Does The Entry Of Western Consumer Goods Threaten A Country&Rsquo;S Economic Self-Sufficiency, And Is Protectionism The Only Guarantee Of Independence? The Answers To Such Questions Will Determine What The Nature Of Our World Is In The Twenty-First Century. And Since Indians Account For Almost One-Sixth Of The World&Rsquo;S Population Today, Their Choices Will Resonate Throughout The Globe. Shashi Tharoor Deals With This Vast Theme In A Work Of Remarkable Depth And Startling Originality, Combining Elements Of Political Scholarship, Personal Reflection, Memoir, Fiction, And Polemic, All Illuminated In Vivid And Compelling Prose.

The Indian English Novel of the New Millennium is a book of sixteen pieces of scholarly critique on recent Indian novels written in the English language; some on specific literary trends in fictional writing and others on individual texts published in the twenty-first century by contemporary Indian novelists such as Amitav Ghosh, Kiran Desai, Aravind Adiga, K. N. Daruwalla, Upamanyu Chatterjee, David Davidar, Esterine Kire Iralu, Siddharth Chowdhury and Chetan Bhagat. The volume focuses closely on the defining features of the different emerging forms of the Indian English novel, such as narratives of female subjectivity, crime fiction, terror novels, science fiction, campus novels, animal novels, graphic novels, disability texts, LGBT voices, dalit writing, slumdog narratives, eco-narratives, narratives of myth and fantasy, philosophical novels, historical novels, postcolonial and multicultural narratives, and Diaspora novels. A select bibliography of recent Indian English novels from 2001–2013 has been given especially for the convenience of the researchers. The book will be of great interest and benefit to college and university students and teachers of Indian English literature.

In this collection of essays, edited and with an introduction by Romila Thapar, fourteen of India's foremost scholars and specialists in various fields explore the challenges that lie before twenty-first century India in its quest for a democratic and just society. Globalization and the IT revolution provide a new context to the problems faced by contemporary India. But will globalization ensure rapid economic growth and development in the face of low literacy, rising population, and the gradual withdrawal of the State from social commitments? Will imitation westernization, and the consumerism that comes with it, further a just society? What are the strains that democracy will be subjected to in the empowerment struggle by marginalized groups, and the growing social and economic disparities that are often accompanied by violence and terrorism? How will India's multiculturalism be affected by the upsurge of various identities and of exclusionist nationalism? Will the family as an institution be transformed to enhance gender justice? Will new technology ensure the autonomy of the media? Can the mauling of the Indian landscape be halted? before India in the early decades of this millennium.

Essays, most on the working of the democratic institutions in India.

It Is The Power And Power Alone That Counts. Achievement, Expansion And Demonstration Of Power Are The Key Characteristics Of All International Relations. It Is An All-Pervasive Phenomenon. This Book Has Beautifully Summarized Various Connotations Of Power. India Has A Vast Potential Of Its Own And Its Economic, Political And Military Interests Cover Areas Far Beyond Asia. With Its Scientific And Material Resources, Its Size And Its Strategic Location, India Is Already An Important Member Of The International Community. If It Keeps Growing Economically At A Fast Rate, India Will Certainly Increase Its Weight In International And Regional Affairs And Be Able To Enhance Its Power Posture. The Present Book India S Foreign Policy In The New Millennium Is Indeed A Comprehensive Discourse On India S Foreign Policy. It Chiefly Focuses On Post-Cold War Global Forces, Viz. Globalization, Nuclearization, Hegemonism, Economic Diplomacy, Women S Empowerment Etc. It Brilliantly Examines Core Values Of India S Foreign Policy As Well As The Factors Affecting Such Policy At National, Regional And Global Levels. In The End, It Categorically Mentions The Strategies Best Suited To India, In Order To Get A Major Power Status. This Unusual Work Is Well Knit, Has Simple Language And Is Able To Engender Interest Even Among The People Who Are Not Familiar With The Country S Foreign Policy. Thus, This Book Will Facilitate Such People Develop Their Understanding Of And Insight Into India S Foreign Policy. Besides, This Wide-Ranging Book Will, Undoubtedly, Serve As A Resource Book For Policymakers As Well As Analysts And Act As A Guide For Scholars And Students Of Foreign Policy And International Relations.

In this ground-breaking vision document, first published in 1998, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Y.S. Rajan offer a blueprint for India to be counted among the world’s top five economic powers by the year 2020. They cite growth rates and development trends to show that the goal is not unrealistic. Past successes—the green revolution and satellite-based communication linking remote regions of the country, for instance—bear them out. The same sense of purpose can make us a prosperous, strong nation in a matter of years, assert Kalam and Rajan. This is a book that every citizen who hopes for a better India must read.

Part - I: Looking Back