Review
Almost gave it a 4 star for the chapter on health/Covid-19 which I thought is poorly researched and written in an otherwise extensively well referenced and researched book which critically analyses post-colonial India politics, democracy, social change, social institutions and their shifts and drifts through Nehru, Gandhi, 90s, 2000s and the recent BJP/Hindutva era. While the severity of criticism is bestowed most in tbr recent decade, the analysis penetrates into the history of decay of social institutions through congress and previous regimes. A good book to read before Parakala Prabhakar’s “The crooked timber of new india”.
Reading status
- Status: Read
- My rating: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Date started / added: 2023/02/13
- Date finished: 2023/06/17
Metadata
- Author: Debasish Roy Chowdhury
- Year: —
- ISBN13: =“9789390742790”
- Shelves (Goodreads): —
Last updated: 2025-12-30 16:02
Last updated: 2025-12-30 16:03