Introduction: Making sense of India -- Being an Indian today / Romila Thapar -- Elements of diversity / Kapila Vatsyayan -- Post-independence evaluation / J. C. Kapoor -- Modernity and Indian nationalism / Partha Chatterjee -- Gandhi and the Indian identity / Ashis Nandy -- The Indian constitution: strengths and weaknesses / Soli Sorabji -- Indian democracy and pluralism / Rajni Kothari -- Critiquing secularism / T. N. Madan -- Caste in modern India / D. L. Sheth -- Science and society / Surendra Prasad -- The Indian economy: challenges and uncertainties / Amit Bhaduri -- Evaluating education / Krishna Kumar -- Politics and democracy in India / M. J. Akbar -- Buddhism and India / His holiness, the Dalai Lama -- Christians in India / Peter De Souza -- Role of Parsis in Modern India / T. R. Andhyarujina -- Challenges to Islam in India / Mushirul Hasan -- The Indian psyche / Sudhir Kakar -- The woman question / Nivedita Menon -- Fighting indiscriminate globalization / Vandana Shiva -- Role of NGOs in people-oriented development / Ruchira Gupta -- The story of modern Indian art / Geeta Kapur -- Indian classical dance as a genre / Sonal Mansingh -- Evolving architecture with an Indian inspiration / Raj Rewal -- Filming India / Mrinal Sen -- Significance of Hindustani classical music / Madhup Mudgal -- Cricket as an Indian game / Prabhash Joshi.
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