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100			_aSrinivasan, Vasanth
245			_aGandhi’s Conscience-Keeper : _bC. Rajagopalachari and Indian Politics / _cBy Vasanthi Srinivasan
260			_bOrient BlackSwan; _c2018, _aHyderabad.
300			_a 454 pages, _c23 cm.
365			_bRs. 695.00
505			_aIntroduction. - 1. Guiding India's One footed democracy. - 2. Freeing the economy from Slogan Socialism. - 3. Majorities and minorities language and caste politics. - 4. Courage and foresight in foreign policy. - 5. The eternal urge to dependence women and the family. - 6. The epics and practical wisdom. - 7. Rajaji's Theocentric liberalism. - 8. Conclusion. - Bibliography.- Index.
520			_aHailed by Mahatma Gandhi as his conscience keeper, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878–1972; better known as Rajaji) epitomized the practical wisdom, religious tolerance, and statesmanship that Gandhi brought to the nationalist movement. He articulated how Gandhi’s ideas and practices could be reconciled with the needs and aspirations of a modern nation-state. His political and philosophical positions were argued in a manner, and with an ideological orientation, strikingly different from that of Jawaharlal Nehru. And yet Rajaji remains virtually unknown today. Vasanthi Srinivasan presents Rajaji’s vision as that of a theocentric liberal. She argues that he tried to temper majoritarian democracy with statesmanship, a free economy with civic virtue, realistic patriotism with genuine internationalism, and secularism with a religiosity derived from the Hindu epics. Examining his political ideas and actions alongside his literary works, as well as in relation to statesmen-ideologues such as Nehru and Periyar, she shows how Rajaji steered clear of ideological dogma and charted an ethic of responsibility. This book will interest general readers as much as scholars of Gandhi, political theory, and Indian politics.
650			_v Politics & Government - India _x Friendship _yPolitical & Social Views
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