Transforming India: Challenges to the World's Largest Democracy

349 Pages·2013·1.97 MB·English

by  Sumantra Bose

Transforming India
T R A N S F O R M I N G I N D I A
Challenges to the World’s Largest Democracy
SUMANTRA BOSE
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, En gland 2013
Copyright © 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-i n-P ublication Data
Bose, Sumantra, 1968–
Transforming India : challenges to the world’s largest democracy /
Sumantra Bose.
pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0 -6 74-0 5066-2 (alk. paper)
1. Democracy—I ndia. 2. India—P olitics and government. I. Title.
JQ281.B67 2013
320.954—dc23 2013007727
In memory of
Subhas Chandra Bose
and
Sisir Kumar Bose
who represented the best of what it means to be Indian
and
To the Soil and People of the Beloved Country
Contents
Introduction: The Uniqueness of India’s Democracy 1
1 From In dep end ence to 1989 9
2 The Transformation since 1990 57
3 Democracy in West Bengal 111
4 The Maoist Challenge 165
5 The Kashmir Question 225
Conclusion: The Future of India’s Democracy 287
Notes 299
Glossary of Names and Terms 313
Ack nowl edgm ents 329
Index 333
Transforming India