
Partha Chatterjee’s new book will change the way we study Indian politics
Published on: Sept. 30, 2025, 7:12 a.m. | Source: The Indian Express
In ‘For a Just Republic: The People of India and the State’ Chatterjee locates the enduring crisis of the Indian state in the tension between its two layers: the ‘nation-state’ — the formal state apparatus — and the ‘people-nation’, the ground reality that refuses to play by the given script