Implosion: India's Tryst with Reality
Elliott John
Revised and updated 2019 edition with an analysis of the Modi
years India continues to punch below its weight, failing to achieve what
it could and should be doing.
It has the vast potential of a population
of over a billion people, abundant natural resources and an ancient
culture, yet it constantly disappoints admirers and validates the views
of critics. These failings have generated a widespread clamour for a
better India, which, in part, led to Narendra Modi being elected India's
prime minister in 2014, with an agenda for change that could begin to
reverse the years of drift. But, as John Elliott elaborates in the new
preface to this 2019 edition of Implosion that traces Modi's rise and
his 2014 election victory, and with a long new chapter examining the BJP
government's performance, Modi was not able to do what was needed to
fulfil his 'achhe din' promise.
Policies and initiatives have produced
far less than was needed, and there has been a serious decline in social
cohesion, with an acceleration of attacks on individual freedoms.
India
now has to choose between two sharply contrasting futures, says
Elliott: to become a primarily Hindu nation, with Muslims and other
minorities being regarded as second-class citizens; or to continue with
the tolerant secular traditions set by Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first
prime minister. The 2019 elections will decide which path India is to
take.
years India continues to punch below its weight, failing to achieve what
it could and should be doing.
It has the vast potential of a population
of over a billion people, abundant natural resources and an ancient
culture, yet it constantly disappoints admirers and validates the views
of critics. These failings have generated a widespread clamour for a
better India, which, in part, led to Narendra Modi being elected India's
prime minister in 2014, with an agenda for change that could begin to
reverse the years of drift. But, as John Elliott elaborates in the new
preface to this 2019 edition of Implosion that traces Modi's rise and
his 2014 election victory, and with a long new chapter examining the BJP
government's performance, Modi was not able to do what was needed to
fulfil his 'achhe din' promise.
Policies and initiatives have produced
far less than was needed, and there has been a serious decline in social
cohesion, with an acceleration of attacks on individual freedoms.
India
now has to choose between two sharply contrasting futures, says
Elliott: to become a primarily Hindu nation, with Muslims and other
minorities being regarded as second-class citizens; or to continue with
the tolerant secular traditions set by Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first
prime minister. The 2019 elections will decide which path India is to
take.
Kategorije:
Godina:
2014
Izdavač:
HarperCollins
Jezik:
english
ISBN 10:
9350297361
ISBN 13:
9789350297360
Fajl:
EPUB, 473 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 2014
Amazon 
Barnes & Noble 
Bookshop.org 
File converter
Više rezultata pretrage
More benefits 
