Malevolent Republic: Difference between revisions

'''''Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India''''' is a book by Indian author K. S. Komireddi, which chronicles the rise of Hindu Nationalism in India and expands upon the circumstances that led to it. The book was subject to highly positive reception. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/05/malevolent-republic-short-history-of-new-india-ks-komireddi-review|title=Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by KS Komireddi – review|last=Burke|first=Jason|date=2019-08-05|work=The Observer|access-date=2019-11-07|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2019/08/19/book-review-malevolent-republic-a-short-history-of-the-new-india-by-k-s-komireddi/|title=Book Review: Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by K. S. Komireddi|last=August 19th|last2=Reviews|first2=2019{{!}}Book|date=2019-08-19|website=South Asia @ LSE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07|last3=Comment|first3=Featured{{!}}1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/malevolent-republic-a-short-history-of-the-new-india-review-why-the-india-founded-in-1947-is-dead/article29649039.ece|title='Malevolent Republic – A Short History of the New India' review: Why the India founded in 1947 is dead|last=Radhakrishnan|first=P.|date=2019-10-12|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/measuring-our-world-malevolent-republic-5795354/|title=KS Komireddi's book on brief history of India raises important questions even if it doesn't address them|date=2019-06-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/06/gunning-for-narendra-modi/|title=Gunning for Narendra Modi|date=2019-06-15|website=The Spectator|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/928558/this-book-calls-out-indias-political-betrayals-sharply-but-does-not-shake-the-edifice-hard-enough|title=This book calls out India's political betrayals sharply, but does not shake the edifice hard enough|last=Nair|first=Supriya|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/dee2bdde-b9d4-11e9-8a88-aa6628ac896c|title=Malevolent Republic by KS Komireddi|last=|first=|date=|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/malevolent-republic-in-new-book-ks-komireddis-opinions-and-prejudices-lead-to-contradictions-7177911.html|title=Malevolent Republic: In new book, KS Komireddi's opinions and prejudices lead to contradictions|website=Firstpost|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/the-rise-of-an-imperfect-country/article28739204.ece|title=The rise of an imperfect country|last=Balakrishnan|first=Uday|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/the-transformation-of-india-into-a-malicious-republic/cid/1702847|title=The transformation of India into a malicious republic|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Madigan|first=Patrick|date=2019|title=Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India. By K. S. Komireddi. Pp. 259, London, Hurst, £20.00.|journal=The Heythrop Journal|language=en|volume=60|issue=6|pages=978–979|doi=10.1111/heyj.13392|issn=1468-2265}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/ks-komireddi-argues-stringently-indias-current-government-driven-dangerous-hindu-supremacist|title=K.S. Komireddi argues stringently that India's current government is driven by a dangerous Hindu-supremacist ideology|website=D+C|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/malevolent-republic-by-ks-komireddi-review-narendra-modi-bjp-india-cw9nqjq76|title=Malevolent Republic by KS Komireddi review — how Modi's populism poisons India|last=Varadarajan|first=Tunku|date=2019-06-14|work=The Times|access-date=2019-11-07|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/the-fall-of-eden/|title=The Fall of Eden|last=Komireddi|first=K. S.|date=2019-05-31|website=Open The Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/books/indias-democratic-erosion-was-long-in-the-making|title=India's Democratic Erosion Was Long in the Making|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-ready-reckoner-of-modi-s-india-1-0-119092400005_1.html|title=A ready reckoner of Modi's India 1.0|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Nilanjan|date=2019-09-23|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/hindutva-s-multifaceted-founder-119090400029_1.html|title=Hindutva's multifaceted founder|last=Chakravarty|first=Praveen|date=2019-09-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>