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On Being Indian
Author: Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Westland Books, Literary Activism series
Pages: 71
Price: Rs 399
It is almost impossible to conduct a conversation today where the word “intellectual” is not used as an abusive interjection or as a term of derision. Intellectuals are seen as troublemakers and naysayers, forever raining on the country’s growth parade.
In times like these, it is interesting to find a book like this one that gently nudges readers to rethink the idea of the intellectual and thereby understand the true value of reason and rationality in society. It also sets a global intellectual tradition within the emotionally-charged
