Our favorite author and politician Shashi Tharoor is back with, what he refers to as, his magnum opus: The Battle of Belonging. The premise can be related in the subtitle which reads: On Nationalism, Patriotism And What It Means To Be Indian.
Sharing the news on Twitter, he wrote, “My next book is due out next month — my magnum opus on the theory, evolution & practice of Nationalism, worldwide & especially in India— #TheBattleOfBelonging. It’s among my most solidly researched & passionately-argued works.”
My next book is due out next month -- my magnum opus on the theory, evolution & practice of Nationalism, worldwide & especially in India— #TheBattleOfBelonging. It’s among my most solidly researched & passionately-argued works. This is the pre-order link: https://t.co/JICqhHbEkQ pic.twitter.com/f9Oj4qZ47p
In many ways, the book seems like an extension of his 2018 book, Why I Am a Hindu where he explored the history of Hinduism as well as the way religion impacted the socio-cultural contours of the country. In his latest outing, he has replaced the question of religion with identity which today have come to resemble each other.