Interpreting Contemporary India

<p>This book is a collection of the author’s editorials and articles almost all of them originally published in The Hans India. It provides a perspective on contemporary political economic and social dimensions of India. It analyses current constitutional and legal questions and the writer adopts a lucid journalistic style without compromising on academic flavor.</p><p>The tome offers insights into India’s human development challenges foreign policy issues environmental concerns disaster management etc. The author’s comments and reflections on a diverse range of issues are logically presented to provide comprehensive information and interpretation of the current challenges and concerns of India.</p><p>Specifically the subjects include multiple facets of India like democratic practice secularism separation of powers reservations welfare legislations political defections gender question education taxation inflation planning agrarian crisis economic reforms employment marginalisation climate change etc.</p><p>The work will be immensely useful to a cross-section of readers especially academics such as students preparing for various academic and competitive pursuits. Journalists can gain insight into how to write editorial and analyse news. The nature of subjects dealt with and the facile style of presentation makes it an interesting general reading for anyone who intends to take a peek into India’s current epoch.</p>