![]() ![]() “Reflect on the crisis of the self as a crisis in the tradition which has formed the self” (MacIntyre, 2006). The overarching philosophy that the author uses rests mostly in the idea of Swaraj (Self-rule) and a modernized version of it can be termed ‘political independence’. It is in such a backdrop Ananya Vajpeyi’s book Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India, published by Harvard University Press in 2012, as a text comes to say to the world, out and loud the grounded norms and values that once shaped the republic India, and which has stood the test of times. And the rich writings of modern Indian scholars, activists and artists are forgotten. ![]() Emotive hyperbole governs public discourse. This effort is both initiated and supported by the state in a clime where scant regard is given to serious scholarship and professional historians. In the contemporary historical juncture, one witnesses a concerted effort to rewrite the history of India and reimagine the past. Any sense of the past is deeply political. ![]()
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