The Idea of India
  • Published: 21 November 2012
  • ISBN: 9780718197254
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $37.00
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The Idea of India

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Republished with a new introduction - one of the key books on modern India

'A rich analysis of contemporary India ... spirited, combative and insight-filled' Amartya Sen, TLS

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.
  • Published: 21 November 2012
  • ISBN: 9780718197254
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $37.00
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Praise for The Idea of India

A splendid - and timely - book ... Spirited, combative and insight-filled ... Khilnani has woven a rich analysis of contemporary India and its evolution since indepence. I am inclined to agree with [him] on the robustness and staying power of the secular idea of India

Amartya Sen, Times Literary Supplement

A masterful rebuttal to all cultural romantics and religious chauvinists ... [A] splendid book about definitions of the Indian nation

Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books

Especially brilliant is Khilnani's attempt to understand the changing nature of India by studying its urban constructs

Chitra Divakaruni, Los Angeles Times