A single mirror reflects the truth as it is but only from one perspective. A hall of mirrors on the other hand exposes the truth through overlapping reflections with varying depths and from a wide range of perspectives. In this book, political scientist Peter Ronald deSouza places India at the centre of such a hall of mirrors . He reveals for the reader, the layered nature of Indian democracy, one particular depth, one particular perspective at a time.
The book discusses the dynamics of democracy and the nature of the human condition in India though a range of multidisciplinary analytical and methodological tools. It documents our achievements and failures, follies and humanity through the fall and rise of competing ideologies.
The essays here, written over the course of the past two decades, document the aspirations and anxieties of the Indian people, the accommodations that our plural society has made and the uncertainties and ambivalence that remain as a result of this grand experiment of and in democracy.
With this eclectic collection of his writings in journals and popular dailies the author takes us through an array of issues facing us. At every turn and in every corner he reflects on the resilience of India democracy, the world’s largest and most challenging.
The book release will be followed by a discussion around the theme of the book featuring Professor Varun Sahni, Vice-Chancellor, Goa University, Harsh Sethi, columnist, public intellectual and consulting editor of Seminar and Dr Pushkar, Director, International Centre Goa.
