India

<p>First published in 1937,<i> India </i>captures the tense and tumultuous developments in India that would eventually result in her freedom a decade later. The author, unaware of this future of freedom, still holds hope for India’s continued existence under the British Commonwealth even as she meticulously records India’s vacillating constitutional status over several Round Table Conferences. The Conferences reveal what the author considers India’s greatest problem: protracted strife within various religious and social communities. The casual racism and the superiority complex spread across the book is a reminder that the author thinks and talks like a coloniser, but if one can get past that, the book will prove to be an engaging read with its interesting anecdotes, astute observations, and a failed prediction. Students of postcolonial studies, history, ethnic studies, colonial history, and journalism will greatly benefit from reading this book.</p> <p><em>Preface</em> <b>1. </b>Introduction <b>2. </b>The Problem <b>3. </b>First Round Table Conference <b>4. </b>The Conference at Work <b>5. </b>Second Round Table Conference <b>6. </b>With Mr. Gandhi <b>7. </b>The Conference Ends <b>8. </b>Experiment in Journalism <b>9. </b>Third Round Table Conference <b>10. </b>Joint Parliamentary Committee <b>11. </b>In India <b>12. </b>Mr. Gandhi Again <b>13. </b>India at Work <b>14. </b>Congress Meets in Bombay <b>15. </b>India at the Polls <b>16. </b>Plaintiffs and Defendants <b>17. </b>A Fresh Attempt <b>18. </b>The Women of India <b>19. </b>Youth <b>20. </b>The Peasant <b>21. </b>The Industrial Worker <b>22. </b>The Press <b>23. </b>The Cinema <b>24. </b>The Radio <b>25. </b>The British in India <b>26. </b>The "Foreigner" in India <b>27. </b>Legislators of the Future <b>28. </b>The Future <i>Index</i></p>