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082			_a954.0533 _bMAD
100			_aMadhusudan, Harsh
245			_aNew idea of India : individual rights in a civilisational state
260			_aChennai _bWestland Publications _c2020
300			_a352
520			_aFor the better part of seven decades after independence, the Nehruvian idea of India held sway in India's polity, even if it was not always in consonance with the views of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. Three key features constituted the crux of the Nehruvian way: socialism, which in practice devolved to corruption and stagnation; secularism, which boxed citizens into group membership and diluted individual identity; and non-alignment, which effectively placed India in the Communist camp. In the early nineties, India started a gradual withdrawal from this path. But it was only in 2019, with Narendra Modi’s second successive win in the general elections, that this philosophy is finally being replaced by a worldview that acknowledges India as an ancient civilisation, even if a young republic, and that sees citizens as equal for developmental and other purposes. A New Idea of India constructs and expounds on a new framework beyond the rough and tumble of partisan politics.
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aSocial conditions
650			_aEconomic history
700			_aMantri, Rajeev
942			_cB