{"product_id":"reading-india-selections-from-economic-and-political-weekly-volume-iii-1991-2017-9789352877782","title":"Reading India: Selections from Economic and Political Weekly, Volume III (1991-2017)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pulapre Balakrishnan, Suhas Palshikar, and Nandini Sundar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe period 1991–2017 was marked by communal aggression, the official start of economic liberalisation, growing inequality, and state militarisation. All of these have been reflected in the pages of the \u003cem\u003eEconomic and Political Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, which stood steadfast witness—quietly, reflectively, but also urgently and passionately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eReading India\u003c\/em\u003e, Vol. III (1991–2017), the final commemorative volume celebrating 50 years of the \u003cem\u003eEPW\u003c\/em\u003e, provides a selection of papers published during this period, reflecting on the social, political, and economic changes of the time. The chapters focus on five themes that dominated India’s public sphere: the question of secularism \u003cem\u003eversus\u003c\/em\u003e communalism; social justice and power-sharing by the backward castes; political configurations in a post-Congress polity; the entrenchment of impunity instead of the rule of law; and the political economy of economic policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The contributors to this volume have observed, analysed, and commentated on a range of topics, from the lack of justice for victims of the 2002 Gujarat massacres, farmer suicides, and agrarian distress, to the Indo–China border dispute. Focusing on India’s society, economy, and polity, the volume includes research on the environment, health, education, censorship, and free speech, among other themes which have formed subjects of prescient debates that will help us to make sense of the present times as well. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616509124759,"sku":"9789352877782","price":1078.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789352877782.webp?v=1769294979","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reading-india-selections-from-economic-and-political-weekly-volume-iii-1991-2017-9789352877782","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}