Heartland Rising (Record no. 70869)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789379851383
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Brijwasi Books Distributors
Distributor address : H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.
Bill Number : BW/000759
Bill Date : 30/09/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.954 GAY
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gaya, Javed.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Heartland Rising
Remainder of title : The Making of Majoritarian India.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Javed Gaya.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Chennai
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Westland Book
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2026.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 408p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 489
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc JAVED GAYA CUTS THROUGH THE NOISE TO SHOW HOW MAJORITARIANISM BECOMES THE NEW NORMAL, EMBEDDED IN THE VERY MACHINERY OF GOVERNANCE.<br/>Heartland Rising is a searing examination of the forces driving India’s contemporary majoritarian turn. From the upheavals of the 1940s—Partition and the framing of the Constitution—to the present, it revisits a foundational debate: should India be anchored in liberty, defined as ‘one man, one vote’, or equality, understood as meaningful political representation for minorities in a federal structure? The early republic chose liberty, and this book argues that it was the wrong choice. It is because of that decision that contemporary India has today reached the point where it finds itself with neither: its democracy is compromised and majoritarianism prevails.<br/>Javed Gaya maps how the partition of the subcontinent and the subsequent elevation of the Hindi heartland reshaped India’s social and economic trajectory, amplifying caste and communal divisions while narrowing the space for pluralism. We see the increasing frailty of constitutional safeguards, the weakening role of the judiciary, the gradual subversion of federalism, the growing fixation with cultural purity, the mythologising of national heroes and the demonising of minorities.<br/>A diagnosis and a warning for the future, Heartland Rising raises an existential question: how do we alter the dire course that India is on?
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Heartland Rising
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Majoritarian India
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Javed Gaya.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 08/10/2026 Brijwasi Book Distributors 489.00   320.954 GAY 31856 08/10/2026 08/10/2026 Books
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