01498nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200180009510000210011324500620013426000400019630000260023636500600026252009220032265000130124465000120125770000230126920220221092320.0220216b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780143456506  cAL  aEnglish  223bCHAIa305  aMiniya Chatterji  aIndian Instincts: Essays on Freedom and Equality in India  aHaryanabPenguin Random Housec2022  a332 p.bPBc20x13 cm.  aBLCR-000122b₹319.20c₹d₹399.00e20%f15-02-2022  aFrom tracing the possible first arrival of man in India to writing about love, sex, money, parenting and values in Indian society and discussing nationalism, religion and democracy, Miniya Chatterji presents an accessible yet brilliant intellectual treatise about issues that affect Indians the most. Indian Instincts is a seminal and deeply philosophical work, presented tactfully with entertaining and memorable instances. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to know what makes an Indian. The vivid and insightful examples make us reflect: Are we willingly entrapped in the institutions of our own making? Have these institutions-the government, corporations, religion-become sources of the problem in India, increasing economic inequality?
This book, a collection of fifteen powerful essays that argue for greater equality and opportunity in contemporary India, holds up a mirror to what we Indians have become.  aEquality  aLiberty  aCHATTERJI (Miniya)