The New India is an unforgettable narrative of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to determine the fate of the young country. It reveals the image of a nation on the brink of dramatic changes.

The bibliography is based on six years of detailed research and on-site reporting, and authentically and vividly builds the story of post-colonial India. Using hundreds of interviews, letters, diaries, and police reports from the time of Partition, as well as a stunning variety of sources, Bhatia shows how history repeatedly impacts the present: in politics, in the thoughts of citizens, in concepts of justice and corruption.

Bhatia examines the links between the Delhi riots in 2020 and the emergence of revolutionary secret societies of the 19th century, the rise of Hindu nationalism, whose early supporters' political influence drew lessons from Hitler and Mussolini, but also the use of misinformation and religious targeting. The Hindu ideology that led to the creation of the world's largest biometric project threatens to deny vast numbers of India's 200 million Muslims their Indian citizenship. Voters in democracies used to choose their government. Now, in India, the government chooses its voters.

India has rarely been presented like in The New India, a monumental work of narrative journalism that sheds light on the ways in which a superior ideology has reshaped the country over decades, leading to the impressive rise of Narendra Modi and forcing many to question what they really understood about their neighbors and themselves.

Pages: 448, Year of Publication: 1112, Dimensions: 15.8x15.8cm