Introduction

Amit Bhadma: What does it mean to be an Indian citizen? Srinath Raghavan: Citizenship has so many rich shades of meaning in modern times. A handful of centuries ago, we were all subjects of some empire or fief to Madhya. In 1947, when India gained political independence, we also gained the right for every Indian to turn from a subject to a citizen. We cannot understand these present times if we do not understand that history.