{"product_id":"jnu-nationalism-and-indias-civil-war-9789355203212","title":"Jnu Nationalism And India'S Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Makarand Paranjape\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Nationalism \u0026amp; Patriotism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 9 February 2016: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) erupted with \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'anti-national' slogans. Arrests of student leaders, the shutdown of the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e university, a lecture series on 'What the Nation Needs to Know', a student's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e disappearance, another's suicide and a number of even more disruptive \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e protests ensued. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e JNU: Nationalism and India's Uncivil War, by a long-standing JNU professor, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e is a ringside account of what happened. Delicately and incisively crafted, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e it is an empathetic insider's account of JNU's problems from an expert \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in the field of higher education. Through this book, the author makes an \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e impassioned plea to transform rather than destroy JNU, as also reform \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e higher education. But more than that, this book is also a history of our \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e times, of India's ongoing transformation, the story of the changing self apprehension of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Examining the multiple meanings of nationalism in our time, Paranjape delves \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e deeply into what it means to be an Indian today. He offers his perception \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and understanding of the new India that is fast emerging as India enters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e its 75th year of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupa Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45675106042007,"sku":"9789355203212","price":387.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789355203212.webp?v=1769295583","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/jnu-nationalism-and-indias-civil-war-9789355203212","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}