Crisis and change in Contemporary India

Table of contents Introduction - Upendra Baxi Jawaharlal Nehru and the Crisis of Modernisation - Bhikhu Parekh The Doctrine of Swaraj in Gandhi's Philosophy - Anthony J Parel Gandhi - Judith M Brown Guru for the 1990s? Gandhi, Nehru, and Modernity - Thomas Pantham Emancipation as Justice - Upendra Baxi Babasaheb Ambedkar's Legacy and Vision Intrepreting Indian Politics - Rajni Kothari A Personal Statement Civil Loyalty and the New India - Leroy S Rouner The Great Language Debate - D L Sheth Politics of Metropolitan versus Vernacular India Crowds and Power - Subrata K Mitra Democracy and the Crisis of Governability in India Personality Politics - Prakash N Desai A Psychoanalytic Perspective The Politics of Application and Social Relevance in Contemporary Psychology - Ashis Nandy The Health Scenario in India - Jayshree P Mehta Religion, Politics and Modernity - Sudipta Kaviraj Religious and Secular Identities - Rajeev Bhargava Cultural Embodiment and Histories - Gurpreet Mahajan Towards Construction of Self Communal Riots in Contemporary India - Pravin J Patel Towards a Sociological Explanation The Sardar Sarovar Project - Pravin N Sheth Ecopolitics of Development Raojibhai Patel (Mota) - Bhikhu Parekh An Appreciation