{"product_id":"malevolent-republic-a-short-history-of-the-new-india-paperback","title":"Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eK. S. Komireddi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter decades of imperfect secularism, presided over by an often corrupt Congress establishment, Nehru's diverse republic has yielded to Hindu nationalism. India is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 2014, the ruling BJP has unleashed forces that are irreversibly transforming the country. Indian democracy, honed over decades, is now the chief enabler of Hindu extremism. Bigotry has been ennobled as a healthy form of self-assertion, and anti-Muslim vitriol has deluged the mainstream, with religious minorities living in terror of a vengeful majority. Congress now mimics Modi; other parties pray for a miracle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this blistering critique of India from Indira Gandhi to the present, Komireddi lays bare the cowardly concessions to the Hindu right, convenient distortions of India's past and demeaning bribes to minorities that led to Modi's decisive electoral victory. If secularists fail to reclaim the republic from Hindu nationalists, Komireddi argues, India will become Pakistan by another name.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eK. S. (Kapil Satish) Komireddi is an essayist, journalist, public speaker, and speechwriter-advisor. His commentary, criticism, and reportage--from South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East--appear, among other leading publications, in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Mail, Los Angeles Times, Economist\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e. A foreign affairs panellist on Monocle radio, he appears on BBC, CNN, ABC, CBC to discuss international affairs. This is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53574318096691,"sku":"9781911723288","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/L98SKIG4Nc9781911723288.webp?v=1782964221","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/malevolent-republic-a-short-history-of-the-new-india-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}