Despite the state : why India lets its people down and how they cope /
M. Rajshekhar ; afterword by V. Geetha.
- Chennai ; Context, 2020.
- 289 pages ;
Introduction -- The state that could not pay salaries -- The state that wasted its iron ore boom -- The state controlled by one family -- The state that embaraced Messianic populism -- The absent state -- The state that choose majoritarianism -- Conclusion -- Annexure : the state riddled with conflict -- Afterword / V. Geetha -- Notes -- Acknowledgements.