About the Book: Battling for India: A Citizens Reader
For well over a decade, there has been a battle going on in India, as old
divisions and inequalities have become deeper. Since 2014, this battle has
reached a feverish pitch with the combined onslaught of majoritarian politics
and market-driven policies. There are now, as the editors of this anthology
argue, two signposts as we enter the Indian nation—one reads: Battling India,
and points to a domain of coercion and plunder; the other says: Battling for
India, and invites us to spaces where many brave, indomitable people demand
their share of dignity and lay claim to citizenship.