TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sen,Amartya
TI  - The argumentative Indian: writings on Indian history, culture and identity 
SN  - 9780141012117
AV  - DS423 .S33 2006
U1  - 954 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - National characteristics, East Indian
KW  - India
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization
N1  - First published by Allen Lane, 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part One. Voice and heterodoxy -- 1. The augmentative Indian -- 2. Inequality, instability and voice -- 3. India : large and small -- 4. The diaspora and the world -- Part Two. Culture and communication -- 5. Tagore and his India -- 6. Our culture, their culture -- 7. Indian traditions and the Western imagination -- 8. China and India -- Part Three. Politics and protest -- 9. Tryst with destiny -- 10. Class in India -- 11. Women and men -- 12. India and the bomb -- Part Four. Reason and identity -- 13. The reach of reason -- 14. Secularism and its discontents -- 15. India through its calendars -- 16. The Indian identity
N2  - "The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition."--Publisher's website
ER  -