What is the nation? What is the idea of India? Whose India is it anyway? This inaugural volume in the series titled Rethinking India aims to kickstart a national dialogue on the key questions of our times. It brings together India's foremost intellectuals academics activists technocrats professionals and policymakers to offer an in-depth exploration of these issues deriving from their long-standing work experience and unflinching commitment to the collective idea of India of who we can and ought