Contents:

1.Global and Medieval: India's schizophrenic economy

2.The Burra Sahibs: The long tentacles of India's state

3.Battles of the Righteous:The rise of India's lower Castes

4.The Imaginary Horse: The continuing threat of Hindu Nationalism

5.Long live the Sycophants!: the Congress Party's continuing love affair with the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty

6.Many Crescents:South Asia's divided Muslims

7.A triangular Dance:Why India's relations with the United States and China will shape the world in the Twenty-first century

8.New India,Old India: The many-layered character of Indian modernity