{"product_id":"jnu-nationalism-and-indias-civil-makarand-r-paranjape-9789355203212","title":"Jnu Nationalism and India's Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e 9 February 2016: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) erupted with \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'anti-national' slogans. Arrests of student leaders, the shutdown of the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e university, a lecture series on 'What the Nation Needs to Know', a student's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e disappearance, another's suicide and a number of even more disruptive \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e protests ensued. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e JNU: Nationalism and India's Uncivil War, by a long-standing JNU professor, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e is a ringside account of what happened. Delicately and incisively crafted, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e it is an empathetic insider's account of JNU's problems from an expert \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in the field of higher education. Through this book, the author makes an \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e impassioned plea to transform rather than destroy JNU, as also reform \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e higher education. But more than that, this book is also a history of our \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e times, of India's ongoing transformation, the story of the changing self apprehension of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Examining the multiple meanings of nationalism in our time, Paranjape delves \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e deeply into what it means to be an Indian today. He offers his perception \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and understanding of the new India that is fast emerging as India enters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e its 75th year of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Makarand R. Paranjape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9355203217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789355203212\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 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Makarand R. Paranjape","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946107207935,"sku":"9789355203212","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b1c2fef9-5d69-4883-a9fa-c47c10cfdbc8.jpg?v=1681511583","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jnu-nationalism-and-indias-civil-makarand-r-paranjape-9789355203212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}