The Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla organised a seminar to commemorate the golden jubilee of India’s independence in 1997. The Gandhigram Trust, Gandhigram and the Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, were the co-organisers of this seminar. The present volume is a an outcome of this seminar which explores issues like the meaning of an India, the essence of Indian nation, degeneration and regeneration of the institutions, liberalism and common ...
