The argumentative Indian: writings on Indian history, culture, and identity

Title......Page 2
BY THE SAME AUTHOR......Page 3
Copyright© 2005 by Amartya Sen......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Diacritical Notation for Sanskrit Words......Page 18
PART ONE: Voice and Heterodoxy......Page 20
1. The Argumentative Indian......Page 21
2. Inequality, Instability and Voice......Page 52
3. India: Large and Small......Page 63
4. The Diaspora and the World......Page 91
PART TWO: Culture and Communication......Page 106
5. Tagore and His India......Page 107
6. Our Culture, Their Culture......Page 139
7. Indian Traditions and the\rWestern Imagination......Page 157
8. China and India......Page 179
PART THREE: Politics and Protest......Page 210
9. Tryst with Destiny......Page 211
10. Class in India......Page 222
11. Women and Men......Page 238
12. India and the Bomb......Page 269
PART FOUR: Reason and Identity......Page 290
13. The Reach of Reason......Page 291
14. Secularism and Its Discontents......Page 312
15. India through Its Calendars......Page 335
16. The Indian Identity......Page 352
Notes......Page 375
Index of Names......Page 410
General Index......Page 417
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