TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sunil Khilani
AU  - KHILANI (Sunil)
TI  - Ideal of India
SN  - 0241135737
U1  - 954.04 23
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Hamish Hamilton
KW  - Indian History
KW  - Cilvilization
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Caste
N2  - THE IDEA OF INDIA was originally published to mark the 50th anniversary of India's independence and has since established itself as a uniquely valuable and authoritative book on a key subject. At the heart of India's self-image since independence has been 'the idea of India' - modern, technocratic, egalitarian, secular - but the tensions between the idea and the reality have become almost intolerable. With the legacy of Nehru and Gandhi everywhere under attack and ferociously religious and militant politicians in power has the idea of India lost all meaning?

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