The Struggle for India's Soul by Shashi Tharoor

The Struggle for India's Soul by Shashi Tharoor

Over a billion Indians are alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this question, central to the identity of all who belong to modern India, Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested notions of nationalism, patriotism, citizenship and belonging. Two opposing ideas of India have emerged: ethno-religious nationalism, versus civic nationalism. This struggle for India's soul now threatens to hollow out and destroy the remarkable concepts bestowed upon the nation at Independence: pluralism, secularism, inclusive nationhood. The Constitution is under siege; institutions are being undermined; mythical pasts propagated; universities assailed; minorities demonized, and worse. Tharoor shows how these new attacks threaten the ideals India has long been admired for, as authoritarian leaders and their supporters push the country towards illiberalism and intolerance. If they succeed, millions will be stripped of their identity, and bogus theories of Indianness will take root in the soil of the subcontinent. However, all is not yet lost. This erudite, lucid book, taking a long view of India's existential crisis, shows what needs to be done to save everything that is unique and valuable about India.

'If there were a prize for the most eloquent politician in India, Shashi Tharoor would be a favorite to win[…] The Struggle for India’s Soul is a fighting, passionate book.'

-- The Wall Street Journal

Shashi Tharoor is a former UN under-secretary-general, a Congress MP in India, the author of twenty-three books, and the recipient of literary awards including a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Financial Times Book of the Year.

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ISBN 13	9781787385597
ISBN 10	1787385590
Title	The Struggle for India's Soul
Author	Shashi Tharoor
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Year published	2021-09-30
Number of pages	356
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