The OCSI is pleased to invite its Members, Alumni, and Guests to a Book Discussion with Mr. Javed Gaya, author of the Book “Heartland Rising: The Making of Majoritarianism in India“. The Discussion will be facilitated and led by Mr. Mukul Kesavan.
Javed Gaya: Javed Gaya is a lawyer from Mumbai, specialising in commercial arbitration law. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and has taught law at colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai. He contributes to various publications on topics including constitutional law, history and foreign affairs, and writes book reviews.
Mukul Kesavan: Mukul Kesavan is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers’ School in Delhi and then went on to study history at St. Stephen’s College, and at the University of Delhi. He later attended Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge on an Inlaks scholarship, where he received an MLitt degree.
About the Book:
Heartland Rising is a searing examination of the forces driving India’s contemporary majoritarian turn. From the upheavals of the 1940s—Partition and the framing of the Constitution—to the present, it revisits a foundational debate: should India be anchored in liberty, defined as ‘one man, one vote’, or equality, understood as meaningful political representation for minorities in a federal structure?
Javed Gaya maps how the partition of the subcontinent and the subsequent elevation of the Hindi heartland reshaped India’s social and economic trajectory, amplifying caste and communal divisions while narrowing the space for pluralism.
Date: 30th October, 2026 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 PM onwards
Venue: Seminar Hall 2/3, Kamaladevi Complex,
India International Center, New Delhi – 110003
THIS IS A FREE EVENT – OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
Register Now to reserve your place: https://www.oxbridgeindia.com/apply-for-event-registration/
The Book Discussion will take immediately after the Annual General Meeting of the Society
(Members Only – scheduled for 5:30 PM)
