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020			_a9780199481743
082			_a320.954014 _bBAJ-S
100			_aBajpai,Anandita
245			_aSpeaking the nation: the oratorical making of secular, neoliberal India
260			_bOxford University Press _c2018
300			_axv, 335p.
504			_aInclude Bibliography and Index
520			_aUntangling the logical, lexical, and semantic patterns of the multiple official speeches of Indian prime ministers, Speaking the Nation gauges how the Indian state has been projected by different governments in different times, in the face of challenges from internal and external actors that put pressure on its leaders to safeguard their status as legitimate elites in power. It analyses how Indian nationhood is consistently reshaped and reaffirmed by invoking its secular ethos and practice, as well as the experience of market liberalization. The book calls for serious engagement with political oratory in India. A close reading of speeches since 1991--from Narasimha Rao to Narendra Modi--captured how, through these crosscutting topics, the prominent 'authors of the nation' and the 'vanguards of the state', speak India into being.
650			_aPolitical oratory _vPolitics and government _vPrime ministers _vEconomic development _vCommunication in politics _zIndia
942			_2ddc _cBK