“India’s post-independence leadership eschewed parochial nationalism in favor of civic nationalism where the rights and privileges of being Indian were conceived as arising not from some pre-existent modes of belonging—religion, race, or ethnicity—but instead from participation in a collective political endeavor.” DevelopmentDiversityIndiaToleranceEssayConstitutional GovernmentPost Independence Book:Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform Source: Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform