Becoming a Nation Processes and Prospects: Papers Presented at the 41st Annual Research Seminar of ACPI Held at St. Albert`s College, Ranchi, 20-23 October 2016

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1. Nation and nationalism : Ideologocal considerations 1. Imagining a nation : Postcolonial perspectives .........3 2. From sovereignity to solidarity : Redefining identity politics ............15 3. "Whose nation? Whose state?" : Subaltern readings into constitutional trajectories ...........31 4. The dialectics between fundamental rights and directive principles ...........45 5. The nation as an evolution of self- consciousness : An analysis based on hegalian philosophy ..............57 6. Hannah Arendit: The political function of thinking ..........67 7. The role of intellectuals and the right to dissent ..............79 8. Becoming an indian christian ............93 Part 2 : Voice of indian nationalism ..........107 9. Deconstructing the orientalist imaging of spiritual india .........109 10. Science : Not to silence "silence" : Reflections on the role of science in building a holistic nation ...........121 11. Terrorism, fundamentalism and nationalism ..............129 12. The role of soft power and Hard power in nation building .............141 13. Multiculturalism and recognition in the context of nation building : Western questions and the Indian experience ............153 14. Politics governing the reservation policy ............165 15. Symbols of indian nationalism: Past glory and present crisis ............175 Part 3 : Aspects of nationalism 16. Ushering in a new dawn : Making poverty history in india ............189 17. Winners and losers in the development game .............199 18. Clash of nationalisms : calling for a gandhian alternative .............211 19. The nation as an antinomy : Anote on the conceptual logic of Tagore`s dissenting voice on nationalism .........225 20. Revisiting narayana Guru, priyar and ambedkar for secular modernity in india .............233 21. Subaltern "space" within the society .............247 22. Sri Aurobindo :from politics to poetics in post-modern India ............257