Product DescriptionThis volume provides a cross-disciplinary analysis by leading Indian social scientists of the transformations unleashed by the introduction of egalitarian and liberal principles of government within the context of the colonial legacy, hierarchical social order, group-based identities, andplural cultures.About the AuthorFrancine Frankel, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. Zoya Hasan, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Rajeev Bhargava, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.