Komireddi, K. S.

Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India

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ISBN 13:: 9781911723288
author:: Komireddi, K. S.
format:: Paperback
publisher:: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 296
Dimensions:: 19.8 x 13 x 2.5 centimetres (0.2
Genre:: Nonfiction, Politics, Government,
Condition:: New
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India's largest democracy has taken a perilous path under Hindu nationalism. Since 2014, the ruling BJP has unleashed forces that are irreversibly transforming the country. K.S. Komireddi charts this dismaying course from Nehru to Narendra Modi, tracing the missteps of the nation's founders and the mistakes of those who followed. Komireddi argues that these errors have prepared the way for Modi's march to absolute power. If secularists fail to wrest the republic back from Hindu supremacists, India may go the way of Yugoslavia and collapse under the burden of sinister ethno-religious nationalism. This gripping short history is also a passionate plea for India's reclamation. A highly acclaimed critique of post-Independence India, revised and expanded with a new chapter, this book offers a compelling analysis of modern India's trajectory.

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