Author: Singh, Bhagwan, Lt. Col. (Retd.)
Title: The Ailing Nation
Description: n.p. [Pacca Danga, Jammu], published by author. (1974). orig.wrappers. 18x12cm, 275 pp. Rubbed. Spine heavily chipped. Just Good. ¶ Self-published essays on contemporary Indian politics of the Indira Gandhi era. Not listed in Library of Congress online catalogue. Not listed in Harvard University Library Hollis online catalogue. Not listed in British Library Integrated catalogue. ["Everyone in India agrees that the country is passing through a grave crisis...However much the blame might lie with someone else including smugglers, black marketeers, hoarders, etc. the Government which has the powers and means to deal with all of them effectively cannot escape full responsibility for landing the country in such an awful mess....the least that the situation demands therefore is the earliest possible removal of the Government..." - from synopsis]. Contents: Whither India; The Social Order; The Joint Family System; The Dowry System; Population, Corruption; Adulteration; Students Unrest; Unemplyment; Permissiveness; Communalism; Untouchability; Beggary; Poverty;Moral Degradation; Vices; National Integration; The Riots; The Other Point of View; The Way Out; Lesson from U.P. Appendices.

Keywords: Indian Poltical History, India, Politics, Social Historical, South Asia, Indira Gandhi, , ,