Indian democracy :  origins, trajectories, contestations / 
edited by Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anand Vaidya. 
 -  2019. 
 - viii, 193 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-186) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. Trajectories and crossroads : Indian democracy at 70 / Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anand Vaidya -- Democratic origins I : India's constitution and the missing revolution / Sandipto Dasgupta -- Democratic origins II : the minority question in South Asia / Anupama Rao -- Democratic origins III : violence and/in the making of Indian democracy / Sunil Purushotham -- Democratic origins IV : comment / Ajay Skaria -- The state and/of the media in Modi's India / Siddharth Varadarajan -- Writing counter-insurgency, conflict and democracy / Nandini Sundar and Dolly Kikon -- Democratic trajectories I : congressism, anti-congressism, and composing the 'people-as-a-whole' / Subir Sinha -- Democratic trajectories II : merit and caste in contemporary India / Ajantha Subramanian -- Democratic trajectories III : ritual inclusivity in turbulent times / Kathinka Fr�ystad -- Democratic trajectories IV : comment / Manali Desai -- India's democracy : contest for the nation's Core / Kavita Krishnan -- Feminism and the politics of gender / Raka Ray and Srila Roy -- Conclusion. Indian democracy and its prospects : 2019 and beyond / Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Anand Vaidya. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745338934 0745338933 9780745338927 0745338925 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy--India.<br/>Democratization--India.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Politics and government--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.954  / N599 In