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JNU: Nationalism and India's civil war By Makarand R. Paranjape

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi: Rupa Publications, c2022.Edition: 1Description: i-xvii+278PISBN:
  • 9789355203212
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 1 378.54 PAR-J
Contents:
1. The clash of narratives 2. The odd man out 3. The JNU Row 4. Tagore, Gandhi, JNU... 5. Five Contrarian Epistles 6. JNU and the state of strife 7. JNU ki Azadi: 8. A nation United, a university divided 9. How not to destroy JNU
Summary: JNU: Nationalism and India’s Uncivil War, by a long-standing JNU professor, is a ringside account of what happened. Delicately and incisively crafted, it is an empathetic insider’s account of JNU’s problems from an expert in the field of higher education. Through this book, the author makes an impassioned plea to transform rather than destroy JNU, as also reform higher education. But more than that, this book is also a history of our times, of India’s ongoing transformation, the story of the changing selfapprehension of a nation.
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1. The clash of narratives
2. The odd man out
3. The JNU Row
4. Tagore, Gandhi, JNU...
5. Five Contrarian Epistles
6. JNU and the state of strife
7. JNU ki Azadi:
8. A nation United, a university divided
9. How not to destroy JNU

JNU: Nationalism and India’s Uncivil War, by a long-standing JNU professor, is a ringside account of what happened. Delicately and incisively crafted, it is an empathetic insider’s account of JNU’s problems from an expert in the field of higher education. Through this book, the author makes an impassioned plea to transform rather than destroy JNU, as also reform higher education. But more than that, this book is also a history of our times, of India’s ongoing transformation, the story of the changing selfapprehension of a nation.

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