000			02246nam a22002657a 4500
008			230622b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9789354474422
037			_cPurchased _nMathrubhumi Books,Kaloor
041			_aEnglish
082			_a330.954 _bPAR/CR
100			_aParakala Prabhakar
245			_aCROOKED TIMBER OF NEW INDIA : Essays on a Republic in Crisis
250			_a1
260			_aNew Delhi _bSpeaking Tiger _c2023/01/01
300			_g291
500			_a‘It is close to nine years since the Narendra Modi-led BJP swept into power. A new era began in May 2014, or so we were told? But India is, in fact, facing a crisis. Our polity, society and economy are all broken. The signs are all around us.’ At a time when a compromised media and the ruling party’s digital army work 24/7 to overwhelm our public discourse with pro-establishment noise, Parakala Prabhakar is an unabashedly critical voice, determined to speak truth to power. In these essays written over almost three years—from 2020 to 2023—he looks closely at facts and data and analyses events and public statements to show why he fears for the future of our democracy, social harmony and economy. In the Prime Minister’s Independence-Day speeches from 2014 to 2022, and the speeches of the RSS chief; in the unemployment and inequality statistics that the government supresses; in the partisan role of investigative agencies and the income tax department; in the new BJP’s ‘tiraskar’ or clear rejection of India’s Muslims as citizens and voters; in the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic—in these and many more developments, Parakala Prabhakar finds unmistakable evidence of religious majoritarianism, a creeping authoritarianism and serious economic mismanagement. And he shows us why silence and complacency are no longer an option for any citizen invested in the future of our Republic. This no-holds-barred, urgent book helps us connect the dots and see the true picture of the ‘New India’ being fashioned before our eyes.
650			_aEconomic condition
650			_aEssay
650			_aIndia
650			_aNon-fiction
650			_aPolitical situation
942			_cLEN
942			_2ddc
942			_2ddc
999			_c190691 _d190691