Aatmanirbharta: Revisiting the Idea and Practices

Contents: 1. Swadeshi Movement/Vandana Mishra and Dhvanit Goswami. 2. Gandhian Idea of Swadeshi and Self-Reliance/Vivek Mishra and Avanish Kumar. 3. Sangh Parivar and Self-Reliance/Anshu Joshi. 4. Western Notions of Self-Reliance/Netaji Abhinandan and Monika Gupta. 5. Waves of Globalization/Pranav Kumar and Ranjana Singh. 6. Market Economy: Institutions, Treaties and Reforms/Menka Singh. 7. Self-Reliance and Anti-Globalization Protests/Varada Sombhus and Pratik Kumar. 8. India’s Preparedness for Self-Reliance: An Analysis of Economic Sector/Gaurav Singh and Tripti Singh. 9.Assessing India’s Preparedness in the Defence Manufacturing and Technology Sector/Shantesh Singh and Honey Raj. 10. Making Indian Women Aatmanirbhar: A Case Study of SEWA, Amul and Navdanya/Nishant Kumar and Smita Agarwal. 11. Branding Ayurveda: A Case Study of Dabur, Himalaya, Patanjali, MDH/Shri Prakash Singh and Siddhartha Ghosh. 12. Making the Agrarian Sector Aatmanirbhar/Swadesh Singh and Yatan Sharma. 13. The Making of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Interventions-Modi Regime/Ashutosh Trivedi and Shruti Joshi. Conclusion: The Way to Destiny – Nation, Society, Self. References.

The idea of 'Aatmanirbharta' is eternal. It is about the strength of the society and eternity of the nation. Yet the practical aspect of it is not only debatable in the present inter-dependent world order but is also subject to push and pulls, pressures and challenges of resources originating from the decidedly unequal world. Herein, the need of the hour is to understand one's self—our needs, our capacity, our strengths, and also our limitations—and then move on to improve and excel with a vision of reflecting one's personality in that of society and the nation. The journey of being Aatmanirbhar is all about deciphering the heights that we can scale provided we are grounded enough. This book is an endeavour to understand the journey of idea and practices of Aatmanirbharta.