Book Review: South Asian Perspectives: The Unfinished Agenda edited by Mushirul Hasan & Nariaki Nakazato

This paper reviews an interesting book titled South Asian Perspectives: The Unfinished Agenda edited by Mushirul Hasan & Nariaki Nakazato. The book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the emergence of the nations in South Asia. It has developed as a result of an interface between Indian and Japanese scholars at the University of Tokyo. Altogether fifteen academicians and social activists have contributed essays in the book. The articles are closely interlinked thematically and yet each is self-contained. All the essays encourage discussion on wide-ranging themes and their ramifications within the framework of colonial society and the post- independent India. Partition of India and its impact on the sub-continent appears to be a major concern of the volume as six out of fifteen essays in the book are devoted to this theme alone.