![]() ![]() Frier maps Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom’s struggles and success meticulously. No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram. Journalist Sarah Frier profiles Instagram, the social media platform founded in 2010 and how it powers the attention economy in With the Constitution under siege, institutions undermined, mythical pasts propagated, minorities demonised, and worse, Tharoor lays down what needs to be done to win the battle of belonging. Today, the battle is between two opposing ideas of India, says Tharoor, or what might be described as ethno-religious nationalism versus civic nationalism. Divided into six sections, he begins by highlighting historical and contemporary ideas of nationalism, patriotism, liberalism, democracy, and humanism, many of which emerged in the West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and quickly spread throughout the world. Taking up a phrase coined by Rabindranath Tagore - ‘idea of India’ - Tharoor writes about the forces working to undermine it. In the course of his study, he explains what nationalism is, what patriotism means, and the nature and future of Indian nationhood. The Battle of Belonging, Shashi Tharoor defines ideas of nationalism, patriotism, citizenship, and belonging. ![]()
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