This is a Hindi translation of the second edition of Politics in India by Rajni Kothari published by us. In this edition Professor Prakash Sarangi offers a new introduction that places the key themes of the book in the context and points out to its relevance in contemporary times.

This second edition of Bharat mein Rajniti remains as distinctive as when it was first published. The book’s detailed analyses and commentary cover existing and emerging paradigm of Indian political life and action. It also deals with the politics of party system and coalitions, social infrastructure and balanced growth options; India’s challenges and greater role it envisage in subcontinent and international politics.

This book is useful for all the students of political science, at different levels and teachers and those who wants to know about Indian politics.

Professor Rajni Kothari is a noted intellectual who radically changed the contours of the discipline of Political Science in India. He was the founder of the Centre for the study of Developing Societies and the Lokayan.

Prakash C Sarangi is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hyderabad.

1. Saidhantik Vivechan [Theoretical Cosiderations]
2. Aitihasik Pristhabhum [Historical Antecedents]
3. Adhunikta ki Ore [Approach to Modernization]
4. Sanstha Nirman [Institutional Strategy]
5. Partypranali aur Gathjod [Party system and coalition-making]
6. Samajik Dancha [Social Infrastructure]
7. Rajnaitik Sanskar aur Samajikaran [Political culture and socialization]
8. Rajnitik Sansthao ka Nirman aur rastriya Ekta [Political Institutionalization and National Integration]
9. Vikas ki Rajnitimulak Arthniti [Political Economy of Development]
10. Antarrastriy  Stithi [Coping with the International Environment]
11. Bhavishya [Future Perspective]