TY - BOOK AU - Deshpande,Pushparaj AU - Gurdeep Singh Sappal, TI - The great Indian manthan: state, statecraft and the republic T2 - Rethinking India SN - 0670093033 U1 - 954.0533 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Gurugram, Haryana, India PB - Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House KW - Republics KW - République KW - republics KW - aat KW - India KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Inde KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - 20e siècle KW - 21e siècle N1 - Contributed articles; Includes bibliographical references N2 - India is rapidly becoming the world's largest flailing democracy. India's institutional framework has been systematically undermined, from within and without. In the tenth volume of the Rethinking India series, some of India's most eminent persons write of how we can think of re-engineering India's hardware (redressing structural flaws in India's existing institutions, creating new institutions equipped to address fresh challenges and re-engaging all of India's systems), as well as ensuring progressive forces radically re-invent their political strategies and operational methodologies to socialize Indians to constitutional values ER -