This reader provides a comprehensive discussion of the pluralist nature of the Indian nation and its struggle for independence. It highlights the different understandings of nationalism of various social groups, classes, and regions. The introduction provides a broad historical outline of the nationalist movement in the post-1857 period and analyses its various complexities and internal contradictions. Contributors Shahid Amin, David Arnold, Vinay Bahl, Judith Brown, Partha Chatterjee, Bipan Chandra, Anirudh Deshpande, David Hardiman, Mushirul Hasan, Ayesha Jalal, Madhu Kishwar, Gyanendra Pandey, M.S.S. Pandian, Rajat K. Ray, Sumit Sarkar, Tanika Sarkar, Sanjay Seth, Brian Stoddart, Dwijendra Tripathi, and Eleanor Zelliot
