India Revisited: Conversations on Continuity and ChangeRamin Jahanbegloo In this book, Ramin Jahanbegloo converses with twenty-seven leading Indian personalities—social scientists, journalists, activists, artists, and sports persons—to gain an understanding of contemporary Indian society. Jahanbegloo, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and Gandhi scholar, raises interesting questions about the seeming contradictions of life in India: the long history of religious tolerance juxtaposed with growing religious fundamentalism, democracy being challenged by a persistent caste system, the Indian ethos of equality contested by the low status of women, affluent urban areas that contrast with the impoverished rural tracts, among other issues. |
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KAPILA VATSYAYAN | |
PARTHA CHATTERJEE | |
RAJNI KOTHARI | |
Caste in Modern India | |
SURENDRA PRASAD | |
KRISHNA KUMAR | |
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