A Functioning Anarchy? Essays for Ramachandra Guha

In a long and versatile career spanning thirty-five years Ramachandra Guha has produced a vast body of work. Each time he has broken new ground-his pioneering environmental histories of India and his still-relevant work on ecology and equity his social histories of Indian cricket his monumental history of the Indian Republic his biographies of verrier elwin and Gandhi his anthologies of ecological social and political thought in India and his collections of biographical and political essays. Sparked by guhas wide-ranging and important work a functioning anarchy is a collection of essays by historians social scientists ecologists and journalists. About the Author Nandini Sundar is professor of sociology at the Delhi School of Economics Delhi University. Her recent publications include The Burning Forest Indias War against Maoists (2019) and several edited volumes including The Scheduled Tribes and their India (2016) and Civil Wars in South Asia State Sovereignty Development (2014). Srinath Raghavan is professor of international relations and history at Ashoka University. He is the author of several books including The Most Dangerous Place A History of the United States in South Asia (Penguin Random House India 2018).