Research area v of vi

Society, Caste & Polity

Justice, law, government, caste and corruption in modern India, with the author’s proposals for reform.

Chapters
8
Plates
2
Essays
0
Terms
8
Diagrammatized display of investment and welfare in a corrupt polity, drawn by M. N. Behera
Diagrammatized display of investment and welfare in a corrupt polity, drawn by M. N. Behera

Chapters in this area

Drawn from every book in the library

Volume I · Topic 8 JusticeThe author’s test for whether justice exists at all: two conditions, and most countries fail. Read → Volume I · Topic 9 LawWhy, the author asks, does India still live under two sets of personal laws? Read → Volume I · Topic 11 GovernmentThe author’s one institutional fix for a government that fails its citizens. Read → Volume I · Topic 17 PriestcraftThe author’s reading of why Shiva drank the poison. Read → Volume I · Topic 18 CasteismCaste, the author argues, is older than every religion in India. Here is why. Read → Volume I · Topic 22 The AftermathThe author coins eleven new words for modern India. This chapter needs most of them. 1 plate · Read → Volume I · Topic 24 CorruptionThe point K on the author’s diagram, where welfare starts to fall as investment rises. 1 plate · Read → Volume I · Topic 25 The Spiritual CharterSeven reforms. Which would you keep? Read →
Volume IIChapters from Volume II (title to come) take their place here when it is added.

Plates

All plates in the Atlas
Map of ancient Heathenland in 1999 A.D., drawn by M. N. BeheraPlate 15 · Map of ancient Heathenland in 1999 A.D. Diagrammatized display of investment and welfare in a corrupt polity, drawn by M. N. BeheraPlate 16 · Diagrammatized display of investment and welfare in a corrupt polity

Essays

Essays for this area are being written. The first will draw on the chapters above.

Key terms

Gandhian
One who follows the principles and thoughts of the Great Gandhi of India in conduct and deed.
Gandhism
The philosophy and practice of non-violence as preached by the Great Gandhi of India for use in daily life and in settling political and social issues.
Khadad
Hand-spun and hand-woven cloth used as the political uniform in India at the instance of the Great Gandhi.
Khadadist
A person who puts on hand-spun and hand-woven apparel and pretends to espouse non-violent and indigenous thoughts, principles and deeds as preached by the Great Gandhi.
Khadadist India
India ruled by Khadadists.
Mlechhas
Undesirable and reprehensible persons.
Necro-Gandhian
A fraudulent or pretentious Gandhian interested actively to capitalize on the death of the Great Gandhi and on his fame.
Pseudo-Khadadist
A pretender and fraud among Khadadists interested in self-aggrandizement at the cost of others.