Audacious Hope

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Book</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A POWERFUL DOCUMENTATION OF INDIAN CITIZENS DEFENDING THEIR DEMOCRACY</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As the pillars of democracy crumble across the globe big and small actions of resistance prop up hope and keep alive a way to rebuild. In the past few decades ordinary folk in India have stood up to repressive state authority over and over again. Their vital acts of hope preserve the collective spirit of resistance and unwavering resilience necessary to continue the fight for democracy.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Audacious Hope</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a careful rigorous archive of these struggles including the protests that united farmers across state borders in 2020 and the national outcry following the controversial CAA legislation. From the myriad ways people came to the aid of their fellow citizens during the pandemic to the testing of free-speech boundaries by cultural activists this book undertakes the task of documenting resistance in its many forms.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Roy challenges the reader with his account of how a proud people are battling to save their beloved democracy. The question is how can we through individual and collective action resist authoritarianism casteism and majoritarianism? The answer is of course through the audacity of hope.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Indrajit Roy is Professor of Global Development Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of York. He specialises in the study of Indian politics in comparative and historical perspectives. Roy is co-editor of the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cambridge Companion to Indian Politics and Society</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in 2024. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford.</span></p>