{"product_id":"india-in-a-new-key-narain-d-batra-9789355203281","title":"India in a New Key","description":"\u003cp\u003e On the morning of 15 August 1947, when Jawaharlal Nehru, heir to Mahatma \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gandhi, the Buddha and the European Enlightenment, raised the Indian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tricolour on the ramparts of the Red Fort, the seventeenth-century palace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, India was free to make experiments with \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the seven decades since Independence, the country gradually changed from \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nehru's democratic socialism to Narendra Modi's democratic entrepreneurial \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e digital India, dealing with its internal contradictions by playing the game of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e democracy and in the process becoming the sixth-largest global economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And with Chandrayaan exploring the Moon, a space nation was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e India overlooks the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean, abridging Southeast \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Asia with the Middle East. With its immense brainpower and young \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e demographics, India is geopolitically an indispensable nation. Indians play \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the game of democracy any which way they can: through massive elections; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e parliamentary debates and no-confidence motions; coalition forming and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e horse-trading; hartals, bandhs, dharnas, fast-unto-death; and finally, when \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e nothing works, they knock at the doors of the Supreme Court. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e India in a New Key attempts to offer an insight into questions like: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -How has India been experimenting with freedom to solve its socio-economic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e problems? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Can Modi-like Nehru-create a unified Indian consciousness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Narain D. Batra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9355203284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789355203281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rupa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.63d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Narain D. Batra","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053174485247,"sku":"9789355203281","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a373858-3130-41d1-8703-a812bcea76a5.jpg?v=1685022840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/india-in-a-new-key-narain-d-batra-9789355203281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}