TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ansari,M. Hamid 
TI  - Challenges to a Liberal Polity: Human Rights, Citizenship and Identity
SN  - 9780670096947
U1  - 320.954 
CY  - 2022
PB  - Penguin Book
KW  - Foregin Policy
N1  - WORDI/2025/CRB/603
N2  - Challenges to a Liberal Polity,amazingly relevant and thought provoking for our times-by Hamid Ansari, former Vice President of India-brings to light some of the most critical issues, which influence our thoughts every day. From Nehru's vision for India as a major world power to the issues of citizenship, religion, democracy, the idea of plurality and Muslim identity in Indian society, inclusion/exclusion of Indian Muslims, the 'mainstream' decision making process in India, the role of women in order to build a compassionate society, implication for dissent, Muslims' role and contribution to Indian culture, civilization and nation-building in the post-Independent India, among others, the book thrashes some of the burning issues of Indian polity and society. Comprehensive, argumentative and evocative, this title will not only interest a wide spectrum of readers but also politicians, policymakers and students and scholars of Indian politics, history and sociology
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