The Bell Tolls: Tomorrow’s Truncated India

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The Bell Tolls: Tomorrowâ€™s Truncated India, is a topical study of the messy political scene of contemporary India. In contents and thought it is substantially different from run-of-the-mill political tracts most of which tend to ignore the twin formidable threats of Islamic terrorism and impending demographic crisis to the unity of Indian nation. Not many Indians know that Christian Europe is heading for a demographic disaster which could destroy its Christian identity. Niall Ferguson, a strategic analyst who teaches contemporary history at Harvard University, alerted the western nations more than two years ago that in another fifty years Europe could become a Muslim majority continent. Due to rapid decline in the fertility level of Hindus and allied faiths in several states and sensitive regions, Indian too could face a similar threat. The author has highlighted the damage caused to good governance by the lengthening shadow of parochial politics, supported by radical shadow of parochial politics, supported by radical Islam and myopic leftist leadership. The emergence of several casteist parties and regional satraps, functioning in tandem with self-seeking leftist groups, has systematically undermined most democratic institutions. The resultant political destabilization could sound death knell of Indian democracy. The author has also exposed central governmentâ€™s clumsy fudging of Census 2001 by omitting 3.67 crore Indians from census 2001analysis and recourse to questionable deletion of the census data of four preceding decades with retrospective effect. India being the only bulwark of secularism pitted against jihadist slam in Sough Asia stands marked as the next civilisational battleground. Unless effective remedial measures are initiated right now the grim political situation has the potential to push India towards the â€˜Dangerous Decadesâ€™ of disunity, political upheavals and divisiveness, as forecast in 1960 by selig S. Harrison, in this perceptive tome, India: The Most Dangerous Decades.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.K. Ohri

The author, Mr. R.K. Ohri, is retired officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) with a flair for analytical research. During his distinguished career, he taught for three years in the Internal Security Academy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) where he wrote a number of research papers and case studies on matters concerning terrorism, internal security and law and order. Though essentially an executive officer of a uniformed service, Mr. Ohri was also associated with a number of projects during his three years stint in the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). Endowed with a perceptive mind, the author has contributed a number of articles on professional problems facing the security forces. Presently he happens to be the Secretary of the Association of Retired Senior IPS Officer â€“ an interactive forum of retired professional experts on law enforcement and security. He has deep understanding of the ongoing threat of Islamic terror, as a evident from the facility with which he has ventured to identify the likely regions of the world where religion-based faultline conflicts might gather momentum during the next few decades.