It analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes it has achieved over the last five decades, in the light of its colonial legacy and the century-long struggle for freedom. The book describes how the Constitution was framed, as also how the Nehruvian political and economic agenda and basics of foreign policy were evolved and developed.
Index:
1.
Introduction
2. The
Colonial Legacy
3. The
National Movement and its Legacy
4. The
Evolution of the Constitution and Main Provisions
5. The
Architecture of the Constitution: Basic Features and Institutions
6. The
Initial Years
7.
Consolidation of India As a Nation
8.
Consolidation of India As a Nation: The Linguistic Reorganization of the States
9.
Consolidation of India As a Nation: Integration of the Tribals
10.
Consolidation of India As a Nation: Regionalism and Regional Inequality
11. The
Years of Hope and Achievement, 1951-64
12. Foreign
Policy: The Nehru Era
13.
Jawaharlal Nehru in Historical Perspective
14.
Political Parties, 1947-64: The Congress
15.
Political Parties, 1947-65: The Opposition
16. From
Shastri to Indira Gandhi, 1964-69
17. The
Indira Gandhi Years, 1969-73
18. The
J.P. Movement and the Emergency: Indian Democracy Tested
19. The
Janata Interregnum and Indira Gandhi’s Second Coming, 1977-84
20. The
Rajiv Years
21. The
Run-up to the Millennium, 1989-99
22.
Politics in the States (I): Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Assam
23.
Politics in the States (II): West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir
24. The
Punjab Crisis
25. Indian
Economy, 1947-1965: The Nehruvian Legacy
26. Indian
Economy, 1965-1991
27.
Economic Reforms Since 19915
28. Land
Reforms: Zamindari Abolition and Tenancy Reforms
29. Land
Reforms: Ceiling and the Bhoodan Movement
30. Land
Reforms: Cooperatives and an Overview
31.
Agriculture Growth and the Green Revolution
32.
Agrarian Struggles Since Independence
33. Revival
and Growth of Communalism
34. Caste,
Untouchability, Anti-caste Politics and Strategies
35. Indian
Women Since Independence
36. The
Post-Colonial Indian State and the Political Economy of Development: An
Overview
37.
Disarray in Institutions of Governance
38. On the
Eve of the New Millennium Achievements, Problems and Prospects