Indianizing India

ebook Thinkers Whose Ideas Shaped a Nation

By Bidyut Chakrabarty

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This book presents a comprehensive portrait of how Indians conceived of the idea of India. It highlights the diverse traditions and intellectual threads that contributed to the making of vibrant a democracy.

The book:

  • Examines the different ideas of India through 14 eminent Indian thinkers: Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Dayanand Saraswati, V.D. Savarkar, Savitribai Phule, Pandita Ramabai, Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar, Subhash Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, and M.A. Jinnah;
  • Highlights how ancient and modern intellectual discourses coalesced with the aspirations of ordinary Indians under the yoke of colonialism;
  • Challenges colonial constructs and linear approaches to studying India.
  • Accessibly written, this book is essential reading for students and researchers of Indian political thought, modern history, political science, and South Asian studies.

    Indianizing India