Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. When Was the Indian Nation Formed? 2. An inner story of India’s nation-building syncretism in India’s mystic heritage. 3. The nation in a pensive moment; 1905 anatomy of Bengal experiences of partition. 4. The Bengal experience of nation-building: Vivekananda and Bipin Chandra Pal: spiritual and temporal leaders. 5. Nation-building through freedom fighting. 6. The Nation on the way to revolution: Chittagong uprising of 1930 and the Quit India Movement of 1942. 7. The Muslim Identity in Modern India and nation-building. 8. Rural trajectories of a nation. 9. The right to food and education and the Indian Nation. 10. Sociology of Indian nationalism. 11. Conclusion. Select bibliography.
