The present Talk by Harsh Madhusudan and Rajeev Mantri is centered around the book “A New Idea of India – Individual Rights in a Civilisational State” by the two authors who maintain that for nearly seven decades, Indian politics has been influenced by the Nehruvian way: socialism, which in practice devolved to corruption & stagnation; pseudo-secularism; and non-alignment, which effectively translated into Communism. It is only now, in Modi’s second term, that there has emerged “A New Idea of India” beyond partisan politics...