The nowhere nation / Ashok Mitra.

"These essays were originally published in The telegraph, Calcutta"--P. [225].

THE REALITY OF DISARRAY. Beyond the round table -- A serenade to Gujarat -- Clans do not make India -- Merit and milieu -- Heathen under every bed -- Outrageous strategems -- Mother fixation -- A sense of humiliation -- Anniversaries -- Ego and destiny -- A tribute and a critique -- Beyond the veil -- Beyond invectives -- A way out for Singur -- A country, not a nation -- IN THE NAME OF REFORMS. Impolite predictions -- Reveries of equilibrium -- Standing apart -- The part is not the whole -- Deconstruct, then panic -- Be global, be mediocre -- Rest in peace -- Beyond arithmetic -- Off the agenda -- A crippling indifference -- Trickling out -- Neo-baseball, anyone? -- The time bomb -- Inflation and morals -- Cat changes colour -- PREDATORS AND PROFITEERS. Bountiful happiness -- Remember Dabhol? -- The venal layer -- Poison as prescription -- Troubles are here to stay -- Illusory well-being -- Hour of the comprador -- Big is beautiful -- Daddy knows best -- The battle for habitat -- Bunker Hill -- A sense of proportion -- All fall down -- India be proud -- Economists unbound -- WOMEN AND MEN. The brothers Sahni -- A weekly is born -- Quietly, in English -- The miracle maker -- He loved French cuisine -- Happiness and beauty -- Service before self -- All spirit and grace -- Unaware of gold -- League of youth -- We loved them once -- The master of ceremonies -- Enemies of the State -- Wreckage artist -- A moral man, a failure.

With reference to India.