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If evidence were needed that the term "patriots", old-fashioned as it sounds as nationalism gets eclipsed by globalisation, is not of freedom-struggle vintage, this volume of essays and presentations could serve the purpose. Most of the speeches are from the Ninth Indira Gandhi Conference held in 2004, and while the topics are varied, ranging from the challenges of democracy to India's role in the world, the unifying factor is a rock steady dedication to an India that could justifiably do every citizen proud. The very fact that this in itself sounds like a cliche of soporific proportion should not detract attention from the starker fact that the difference between success and failure on this measure could have a profound impact on the future of the world"" and remains woefully narrow.

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INDIA THE NEXT DECADE

Edited by Manmohan Malhoutra
Rs 1,295
570 pages
Academic
Foundation