To Commemorate The Golden Jubilee Celebration Of Our Freedom, Eminent Indians Have Taken Pains To Contribute Articles To This Book. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, Dr. M.S. Gill, Shri S.R. Bommai, Shri C.V. Ranganathan, Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Shri Inder Malhotra, Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen, Admiral Tahiliani, Lt. Gen. M.L. Chibber, Lt. Gen. V.K. Nayar, Shri K.F. Rustamji, Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Capt. M.S. Kohli, Shri Vijay Karan, Shri A.K. Tandon, Shri M.B. Kaushal, Sh. P.S. Krishnan, Sh. K.Srinivasan, Smt. Mohini Giri, Dr. Subhash Kashyap & Many Others Have Contributed The Informative Articles In Their Respective Fields. The Articles On The Three Defence Forces And Para-Military Forces Explain In Detail The Multi-Faceted Developments That Took Place In These Areas After Independence. To Enhance The Utility Of The Volume Further, Important Speeches Of Great Leaders Like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Smt. Indira Gandhi And Shri Rajiv Gandhi Have Been Included.

The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.