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High Commissioner in Delhi Launches 6 New Titles by Australia India Institute

The Indian  External Affairs Minister, The Honourable Salman Khurshid and Australian High Commissioner to India, His Excellency Patrick Suckling, launched six new exciting volumes in the Australia India Institute’s Foreign Policy Series. At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Mr Khurshid and Mr Suckling joined Australia India Institute Director Amitabh Mattoo in launching a series of titles, which offer important insights for understanding India’s place in the world, and its relationship with Australia. The volumes were published in partnership with the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo.

The following titles were launched on Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Diggi House, Jaipur

  • Amitabh Mattoo and Mallika Joseph, Rise of China and India: Implications for the Asia-Pacific, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014
  • Amitabh Mattoo and Souresh Roy, India-Australia Relations in the Asian Century: Perspectives from India and Australia, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014
  • Amitabh Mattoo and Happymon Jacob, India and the Contemporary International System: Theory, Policy and Structure, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014
  • Happymon Jacob, Does India Think Strategically? Institutions, Strategic Culture, and Security Policies, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014
  • Mallika Joseph and Happymon Jacob, India's Economic Growth: Opportunities and Challenges for the Region, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014
  • Mallika Joseph, Demography in South Asia: Implications for Regional and Global Political Narratives, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014

Detailed descriptions of titles are available on our website under "Books". 

Tiffin Talk: The Aam Admi Party

The Aam Admi Party: Middle Class Radicalism or India’s New Political Zeitgeist? By Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Australia India Institute 

Three years ago, India witnessed its version of the Arab spring in the fiercest extra-parliamentary movement against corruption in its history as an independent nation. We are now seeing the electoral dividends of the movement that many had begun to write off as yet another failed attempt at reforming a robust but increasingly tainted political system.The Aam Aadmi (common man's) Party, a byproduct of the protests of 2011, has emerged as the second-largest party in the state elections in the capital, Delhi, and could potentially break the mould of Indian electoral politics. Many view Aam Aadmi as a sign of middle-class radicalism, which has captured the imagination of the people in a city-state that represents, more than any other part of the country, a middle-class sensibility and middle-class aspirations. Caste, religion and traditional political loyalties a well as big money have traditionally played a significant role in elections. But these differences may be less important now than in the past. The internet, mobile phones, and television may be building a pan-India spirit against outdated politics and traditional parties. In a country of 1.2 billion, with nearly 500 million aged under 25, there seems to be a new awakening, new aspirations and anger towards a system that fails to deliver. Aam Aadmi in Delhi may hence be just the beginning of new national sentiment, with India going to the polls in April-May 2014. The need for more honest politics has become the zeitgeist of an anti-establishment political culture among India's growing middle class, but it could soon become the political aspiration for the entire nation. Register.


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