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Guha, Ramachandra

Democrats and Dissenters - Gurgaon Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. 2016 - 317p

Part I: Politics and Society
1. The Long Life and Lingering Death of the Indian National Congress
2. Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India
3. Debating Democracy: Jayaprakash Narayan versus Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Thinking through China
5. Pakistan without Tears
6. Democracy and Violence: In India, Sri Lanka and Beyond
7. Tribal Tragedies in Independent India
8. Which Was Our Worst Year Ever?

Part II: Ideologies and intellectuals
9. The Brilliance and Dogmatism of Eric Hobsbawm
10. Indonesian and Irish: Benedict Anderson as Scholar and Human Being
11. The Life and Death of a Gandhian Buddhist
12. The Wisest Man in India: The Career and Credo of Andre Beteille
13. Arguments with Sen, Arguments about India
14. Dharma Kumar: An Intellectual Portrait
15. U. R. Ananthamurthy Alive, and from Beyond the Pyre
16. Where are the Conservative Intellectuals in India?

ISBN: 9780670089369

Subjects--Personal Names:
Democracy - India
India - Politics and Government - 1947
Democracy - South Asia

Dewey Class. No.: 327.954 / GUH