The Idea of Nation and its Future in India

Shibani Kinkar Chaube is former Professor of Indian Politics, University of Delhi and former Fellow in Parliamentary Studies, Lok Sabha, Parliament of India. Among his books are Constituent Assembly of India: Springboard of Revolution (1973); Hill Politics in Northeast India (1973); Electoral Politics in Northeast India (1985); Politics and Constitution in China (1986); Colonialism, Freedom Struggle and Nationalism in India (1996); Government and Opposition: Parliamentary Democracy in India (2006); The Making and the Working of the Indian Constitution (2009); and Politics of Nation Building in India (2012).

Indian Paradox: A Confession in Lieu of Preface 1 Introduction 2 State, People and Nation 3 The World of Ethnicity 4 Class and Internationalism 5 India: Resources and Burdens 6 India: The Course of Nation Building BibliographyIndex