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The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal / (Record no. 214090)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789354476778 (Paperback)
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 322.1
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Das, Gurcharan
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Gurcharan Das
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Speaking Tiger Books LLP
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 206 pages
Dimensions 20 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount Rs. 499.00
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -<br/>1. Who is a liberal, anyway? -<br/>2. A shoty history of a modern idea -<br/>3. The Indian temper is liberal -<br/>4. The modern idea comes to India -<br/>5. The making of an Indian liberal -<br/>6. Liberalism's shortcomings -<br/>7. The dilemma of an Indian liberal -<br/>Selected bibliography -<br/>Acknowledgements.<br/><br/>
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Summary, etc. Gurcharan Das has been a lifelong and passionate champion of both economic and political freedom. ‘For over two centuries,’ he writes, ‘liberal democracies and free markets spread around the world to become the only sensible way to organize public life.’ After years of the stifling ‘license raj’, he watched and celebrated India’s long-delayed move towards a liberal order in the 1990s, as market reform and a maturing democratic process began to yield remarkable results, bringing prosperity and dignity to the many millions who had been denied both for decades. He recorded this progress in his classic study, India Unbound. But after three decades, that light seems to be fading. As in the rest of the world, liberalism is in retreat in India as well. Society is hopelessly polarized and populists are on the march. The debate appears to be about economic freedom versus political freedom—as if it is a given that the two cannot coexist. The liberal today is on a lonely road.<br/><br/>In order to elucidate the dilemma of the Indian liberal, Gurcharan Das recounts his own professional and intellectual journey: how and why he became a liberal. While telling his story, he also narrates the story of a nation struggling—still— to become a successful liberal democracy—the late promise and its seeming betrayal, but also the possibility of course correction.<br/><br/>Written with conviction, insight and scholarship—and with immense clarity— this is an urgent and illuminating book. It is a book that every Indian invested in the future of the country should read.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification HB     National Law School National Law School Circulation Counter 07.11.2025 Purchased - Feel Books 499.00   322.1 DAS 40496 07.11.2025 07.11.2025 BOOKs Recommended by Prof. Dr. Sanjay Jain
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