India in the 21st century / Mira Kamdar.

By:

Kamdar, Mira [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: What everyone needs to knowPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: xvi, 244 pages : maps ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780190921644 (paperback)

Other title:

India in the twenty-first century

Subject(s):

India -- History -- 21st century

DDC classification:

954.053 KAM 23 012711

Contents:

pt. I How India Got to the Twenty-First Century 1.India's Civilizational Legacy How has India's geography shaped its history? What was the Indus Valley civilization? Who were the Aryans? What is Hinduism? What is the caste system? What is Jainism? Who was the Buddha? Did Indians invent the concept of zero? What about the history of South India? Who were the Rajputs? When did Christianity come to India? What about Jews in India? When did Muslims arrive in India? Who were the Mughals? Who were the Marathas? What is Sikhism? Who are the Parsis? 2.The British Raj and the Road to Independence What was the East India Company? What was Company Rule? What was the Indian Penal Code? What was the Sepoy Rebellion? Who was the Rani of Jhansi? Who were the maharajahs? Who were the coolies? Who was Rabindranath Tagore? Who was Subhas Chandra Bose? Who was Mahatma Gandhi? Contents note continued: What happened at Jallianwala Bagh? What was the Salt March? What was Quit India? What role did women play in India's independence? Who was Mohammad Ali Jinnah? What was Partition? 3.A New Republic What challenges did India face at independence? When was the Republic of India founded? Who was Jawaharlal Nehru? Who was B. R. Ambedkar? What happened in Kashmir? When did India become a nuclear power? Who was Vikram Sarabhai? What are the IITs? What was the impact of the Green Revolution on India? Who was Raj Kapoor? Who was Satyajit Ray? What was Doordarshan? What was the Hindu Code Bill? What was India's role in the Non-Aligned Movement? Why did China attack India? What was the Dravidian Movement? Who were the Naxalites? Who was Indira Gandhi? What was India's role in the Bangladesh War? What was the Emergency? What was the Khalistan movement? Contents note continued: What was the Sikh massacre of 1984? Who was Rajiv Gandhi? What was the Shah Bano controversy? What was the Bofors scandal? Who assassinated Rajiv Gandhi? What happened in Bhopal? What was the Mandal Commission? What was the Permit-Quota-License Raj? What was the balance of payments crisis? What was Ram Janmabhoomi? How did India's democracy evolve after independence? pt. II Will the Twenty-First Century Be India's Century? 4.Society How large is India's population? What are the major religions of India? How many languages are spoken in India? What is a joint family? What is the status of women in India? What about LGBT rights in India? What is life like in India's cities? What is the plan for "smart cities" in India? What is life like in rural India? What is the state of education in India? What about healthcare? Is mosquito-borne disease on the rise in India? Contents note continued: What about science? Do Indians really believe ancient Indians flew airplanes? How is information technology changing India? What about social media? How have cell phones changed India? What is Aadhaar? What is curry? What is traditional Indian dress? What is bharat natyam? What is Bollywood? How is television changing India? Who are the best-known Indian writers? What about contemporary art in India? How important is cricket in India? 5.Economy What is the size of India's economy and how fast is it growing? How large is India's middle class? What about poverty in India? Is India creating enough jobs? What are India's major industries? How important is information technology to India's economy? What is "Make in India"? What are the biggest companies in India? What are India's major exports? What does India import? What about agriculture in India? What is India's monetary policy? Contents note continued: Is corruption also hindering growth? What was "demonetization"? Why do so few Indians pay taxes? What are India's infrastructure needs? How much energy will India need? Why do some Indian states perform better than others? Why are so many Indian companies family-run? What about the wealth gap in India? What about women's participation in India's economy? 6.Politics What is India's political system? What is a panchayat? What are the major political parties in India? How does India's judicial system work? What about the police in India? Why is there a Maoist revolution in India? What are the politics around caste In India today? What is AFSPA? Will the violence in Kashmir ever end? What is Hindutva? Who is Narendra Modi? What has changed since Narendra Modi was elected in 2014? What are gau rakshas? What role do social media play in Indian politics? Do Indians have freedom of speech? Contents note continued: What about freedom of the press in India? Who are India's "anti-nationals"? What does the political future of India look like? 7.Geopolitics Who are India's neighbors? What about India and China? Will there ever be peace between India and Pakistan? What about India's relationship with Sri Lanka? Why is India building a fence along its border with Bangladesh? What about India and Nepal? What is India's "Act East" policy? What about India and Russia? What was the 2008 US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement? What is the future of India's relationship with the United States? What about India's diaspora? What is India's role in the BRICS? What role does India play in the G20? What about India and the World Trade Organization? Will India get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council? How much is India investing in its military? Will India be a superpower in the twenty-first century? 8.Environment Contents note continued: How will climate change affect India? How much does India contribute to global warming? What is India doing to tackle climate change? How bad is air pollution in India? What about coal in India? Is India investing in renewable energies? What about nuclear power? Does India have enough water? What is the "sand mafia" and how is it affecting the water supply? What about pesticides in India? What about organic farming in India? What genetically modified crops are grown in India? Will India be able to feed its growing population? Will India's Bengal tiger become extinct?.

Summary: A focused and accessible introduction to modern India by award-winning author Mira Kamdar, India in the 21st Century addresses the history, political and social structures, economic and financial system, and geopolitical landscape of a country set to play a critical role in how the world evolves in the coming decades.

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Includes bibliograhical references (pages 227-230) and index.

pt. I How India Got to the Twenty-First Century
1.India's Civilizational Legacy
How has India's geography shaped its history?
What was the Indus Valley civilization?
Who were the Aryans?
What is Hinduism?
What is the caste system?
What is Jainism?
Who was the Buddha?
Did Indians invent the concept of zero?
What about the history of South India?
Who were the Rajputs?
When did Christianity come to India?
What about Jews in India?
When did Muslims arrive in India?
Who were the Mughals?
Who were the Marathas?
What is Sikhism?
Who are the Parsis?
2.The British Raj and the Road to Independence
What was the East India Company?
What was Company Rule?
What was the Indian Penal Code?
What was the Sepoy Rebellion?
Who was the Rani of Jhansi?
Who were the maharajahs?
Who were the coolies?
Who was Rabindranath Tagore?
Who was Subhas Chandra Bose?
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
Contents note continued: What happened at Jallianwala Bagh?
What was the Salt March?
What was Quit India?
What role did women play in India's independence?
Who was Mohammad Ali Jinnah?
What was Partition?
3.A New Republic
What challenges did India face at independence?
When was the Republic of India founded?
Who was Jawaharlal Nehru?
Who was B. R. Ambedkar?
What happened in Kashmir?
When did India become a nuclear power?
Who was Vikram Sarabhai?
What are the IITs?
What was the impact of the Green Revolution on India?
Who was Raj Kapoor?
Who was Satyajit Ray?
What was Doordarshan?
What was the Hindu Code Bill?
What was India's role in the Non-Aligned Movement?
Why did China attack India?
What was the Dravidian Movement?
Who were the Naxalites?
Who was Indira Gandhi?
What was India's role in the Bangladesh War?
What was the Emergency?
What was the Khalistan movement?
Contents note continued: What was the Sikh massacre of 1984?
Who was Rajiv Gandhi?
What was the Shah Bano controversy?
What was the Bofors scandal?
Who assassinated Rajiv Gandhi?
What happened in Bhopal?
What was the Mandal Commission?
What was the Permit-Quota-License Raj?
What was the balance of payments crisis?
What was Ram Janmabhoomi?
How did India's democracy evolve after independence?
pt. II Will the Twenty-First Century Be India's Century?
4.Society
How large is India's population?
What are the major religions of India?
How many languages are spoken in India?
What is a joint family?
What is the status of women in India?
What about LGBT rights in India?
What is life like in India's cities?
What is the plan for "smart cities" in India?
What is life like in rural India?
What is the state of education in India?
What about healthcare?
Is mosquito-borne disease on the rise in India?
Contents note continued: What about science? Do Indians really believe ancient Indians flew airplanes?
How is information technology changing India?
What about social media?
How have cell phones changed India?
What is Aadhaar?
What is curry?
What is traditional Indian dress?
What is bharat natyam?
What is Bollywood?
How is television changing India?
Who are the best-known Indian writers?
What about contemporary art in India?
How important is cricket in India?
5.Economy
What is the size of India's economy and how fast is it growing?
How large is India's middle class?
What about poverty in India?
Is India creating enough jobs?
What are India's major industries?
How important is information technology to India's economy?
What is "Make in India"?
What are the biggest companies in India?
What are India's major exports?
What does India import?
What about agriculture in India?
What is India's monetary policy?
Contents note continued: Is corruption also hindering growth?
What was "demonetization"?
Why do so few Indians pay taxes?
What are India's infrastructure needs?
How much energy will India need?
Why do some Indian states perform better than others?
Why are so many Indian companies family-run?
What about the wealth gap in India?
What about women's participation in India's economy?
6.Politics
What is India's political system?
What is a panchayat?
What are the major political parties in India?
How does India's judicial system work?
What about the police in India?
Why is there a Maoist revolution in India?
What are the politics around caste In India today?
What is AFSPA?
Will the violence in Kashmir ever end?
What is Hindutva?
Who is Narendra Modi?
What has changed since Narendra Modi was elected in 2014?
What are gau rakshas?
What role do social media play in Indian politics?
Do Indians have freedom of speech?
Contents note continued: What about freedom of the press in India?
Who are India's "anti-nationals"?
What does the political future of India look like?
7.Geopolitics
Who are India's neighbors?
What about India and China?
Will there ever be peace between India and Pakistan?
What about India's relationship with Sri Lanka?
Why is India building a fence along its border with Bangladesh?
What about India and Nepal?
What is India's "Act East" policy?
What about India and Russia?
What was the 2008 US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement?
What is the future of India's relationship with the United States?
What about India's diaspora?
What is India's role in the BRICS?
What role does India play in the G20?
What about India and the World Trade Organization?
Will India get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?
How much is India investing in its military?
Will India be a superpower in the twenty-first century?
8.Environment
Contents note continued: How will climate change affect India?
How much does India contribute to global warming?
What is India doing to tackle climate change?
How bad is air pollution in India?
What about coal in India?
Is India investing in renewable energies?
What about nuclear power?
Does India have enough water?
What is the "sand mafia" and how is it affecting the water supply?
What about pesticides in India?
What about organic farming in India?
What genetically modified crops are grown in India?
Will India be able to feed its growing population?
Will India's Bengal tiger become extinct?.

A focused and accessible introduction to modern India by award-winning author Mira Kamdar, India in the 21st Century addresses the history, political and social structures, economic and financial system, and geopolitical landscape of a country set to play a critical role in how the world evolves in the coming decades.

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