Dec 13 2021 to Dec 13 2021 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Authors Aakar Patel and Harsh Madhusudhan / Rajeev Mantri present their outlook on India based on their recent books. This is followed by a discussion between them and then a Q&A.

For the better part of seven decades after independence, the Nehruvian idea of India held sway in India’s polity, even if it was not always in consonance with the views of Jawaharlal Nehru himself. Three key features constituted the crux of the Nehruvian way which were problematic: socialism, secularism and non-alignment. In the early nineties, India started a gradual withdrawal from this path. But it was only in 2019, with Narendra Modi’s second successive win in the general elections, that this philosophy is finally being replaced by a worldview that acknowledges India as an ancient civilisation, even if a young republic, and that sees citizens as equal for developmental and other purposes. A New Idea of India constructs and expounds on a new framework beyond the rough and tumble of partisan politics.

The Price of the Modi years is a history of India after 2014. It examines the polity across the economy, national security, foreign policy, civil society, the judiciary, laws and governance.