Over the past thirty-three years, Andre Beteille, one of India's most eminent sociologists, has written a series of articles for the editorial page of the Times of India. Encapsualting the complexities of academic discourse within the concise framework of a newspaper article, these writings provide a telling commentary on the social, political and economic life of India in the eventful decades for the later twentieth century. Collected and published in book form for the first time, Beteille's views on post-Nehruvian India will be of interest to general readers and social scientists alike.A stimulating analysis of the social and political realities of our times, this is a book that will provoke debate for years to come.
