Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations Of Modern India by Ananya Vajpeyi is a profound account on social, political, and cultural backgrounds of Independent India. The book can be best regarded as a portfolio of modern politics in India and factors that led to the formulation of the current political scenario. Throughout the book, the author attempts to find the soul of India and its identity. The author, pointing out to many instances from the history, has also made it a point to raise various social and political questions to the Indian society as such.

Throwing light on the India's rich cultural heritage and legacy, Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations Of Modern India investigates the political ideologies that define modern India. The author also makes a thorough analysis on the life accounts of five important personalities who framed the modern India: M.K. Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, and B. R. Ambedkar. By quoting instances from their lives, the author also makes a claim that all of our leaders have been inspired by the classical Indian past and the influence is evident in the structuring of modern India. The chapter called Sovereign self effectively concludes the author's perspective on this line.

The book also includes detailed appendices on the state emblem of India, the thirteenth rock edict of Ashoka, as well as the indexical complexity of tagore's Mehdut. A good historical, socio-cultural review on modern india and the contributing factors behind its formulation, the book is suitable for all those interested in Indian culture. The author has also combined the Indian elements influenced by the Buddhist literature, Bhagavad Gita, and the Sanskrit poetry in the book. Published in 2012 by Harvard University Press, the book is available in hardcover.

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