Indian society and the secular : essays /
Romila Thapar‘s new book of essays, Indian Society and the Secular, arrives at a time when India is facing its greatest challenges since Independence in 1947. With ultra right in power and forces of Hindu nationalism out to revise the very idea of a pluralistic, democratic and secular republic and r...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Romila Thapar‘s new book of essays, Indian Society and the Secular, arrives at a time when India is facing its greatest challenges since Independence in 1947. With ultra right in power and forces of Hindu nationalism out to revise the very idea of a pluralistic, democratic and secular republic and recast it into a Hindu Rashtra. She argues that secularism is not alien to Indian society and its intellectual traditions. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 285 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789383968169 (paperback) 9383968168 |