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The story of a growing India that has emerged on the global stage as a leader is the theme of Das (2013) India grows at night: A liberal case for a strong state. The story of a new India and its burgeoning aspirations is a story of economic growth and integration into the global free market. The story of India stands in as an invitation to liberty constructed in the image of the free market. The narrative of India’s rise is a dominant narrative in discourses of and discourses on India. Essential to this narrative is imagination
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Dutta, M.J. (2017). Imagining India in Discourse. In: Imagining India in Discourse. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 14. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3051-2_1
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