Decades Of Independence

THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF PAPERS PRE¬SENTED AT A SEMINAR. THE OBJECTIVE IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, OF GROWING CONCERN TO EX¬PERT AND LAYMAN ALIKE. THE CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ECONOMISTS, SCIENTISTS, A HISTORIAN, A WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST, A MEDIA PERSON, A JURIST (WHO HOWEVER DOES NOT, HERE, DEAL WITH JURIDICAL MATTERS) AND WRITERS. IT IS IN THE NATURE OF THE VERY WIDE SUBJECT THAT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR NATIONAL LIFE CAN¬NOT BE COVERED. THE NATURE OF THE SUBJECT ALSO RESULTS IN DIFFERENT EXPERTS LOOKING AT THEIR OWN LIMITED FIELDS, SO THAT THERE IS A SECTORAL, EVEN FRAGMENTED VIEW WHERE, AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, ONE CANNOT SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES. EACH SECTOR IS PART OF AN ORGANIC WHOLE, AND MAKES SENSE ONLY WHEN SEEN AS SUCH. THERE ARE, OF COURSE, PAPERS IN WHICH THIS AWARENESS IS CLEAR.