{"product_id":"9781805262909","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Indians : A Political Biography by Indrajit Roy","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 25\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith India under growing scrutiny over the erosion of its democracy since 2014, worldwide media coverage has revealed our poor grasp of it as a modern nation. In this book, Indrajit Roy sets out to understand modern Indians on their own terms. Beyond the usual polarising narratives-either pious platitudes to the `world's largest democracy', or laments over its `democratic backsliding'- Roy reveals the remarkable 75-year achievement of building a democratic nation in a country weathering mass poverty, severe inequality and deep social conflict. He also exposes how this process unfolds on the ground, telling the story of a nation-state via glimpses into how Indians have thought of themselves, the world and their place in it. Indians charts the evolution of a people's identity since the spectacle, frenzy and hope of independence in 1947, and the republican constitution introduced in 1950. This is both a high-political history and, more importantly, an account of that history's interplay with the nebulous complex of ideas and passions that go into making, unmaking and remaking a democratic nation. Roy's astute political biography of the Indian people is, ultimately, a tale of how one democracy influences, and is shaped by, its economy, society and culture. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369234280821,"sku":"9781805262909","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805262909.jpg?v=1763552620","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805262909","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}