Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee recently released Sugata Bose’s Nation as Mother which was followed by an insightful and intriguing discussion on Indian politics by the panellists.

Shashi Tharoor was quoted saying, ‘We should move away from the idea of secularism to the idea of pluralism’ while stressing on the urgent need to break out the false dichotomy between secular nationalism and religious communalism.

The book attempts to explore the mutually connected relationship between nation, reason and religion in India along with its political thought and practice through livening up the past essays and speeches by eminent historical figures like Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Aurobindo and Jinnah.