Download or read book Battles Half Won written by Ashutosh Varshney and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively collection of essays by Ashutosh Varshney analyses the deepening of Indian democracy since 1947 and the challenges this has created. It examines concerns ranging from federalism and Hindu nationalism to caste conflict and civil society, the north–south economic divide, and politics of economic reforms. Accompanied by a substantial overview tracing the forging and consolidation of India’s improbable democracy, the book, full of original insights, portrays the successes and failures of our experience in a new comparative perspective, enriching our understanding of the idea of democracy.