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1. Aaj ka Bharat: Rajniti aur Samaj is a syllabus based undergraduate textbook for the ‘Contemporary India paper[Samkaleen Bharat paper]’ of University of Delhi.  This is one of the papers of the first Semester of Foundation course of BA Program of  Delhi University. This is a paper for 100 marks credit at this level. 2. The chapters have been contributed by the faculty members of political science and sociology of various affiliated colleges of Delhi University. 3. The book discusses the various issues pertaining to the Society and Politics in   Contemporary  India as. It covers under this broad head the following: Social issues like social mobility and emergence of new social forces: movements of  Dalits, OBCs, Tribals and Women and also the debate on their representation and social justice in India. The book also includes  a chapter on Secularism, Communalism and Minority rights in India which analyses the political aspects such as democracy and functioning of parliamentary system; Indian federalism and democratic  decentralization; changing character of public administration and corporate governance in India; and India’s foreign policy in post cold war era. Thus, the book provides a complete insight into the situation of current India. 4. The book will be equally useful for the undergraduate courses in political science of other Indian universities of Hindi speaking states in the country. 5. This book will be equally useful for the aspirants of UPSC and allied civil services. It must be promoted equally well in the IAS coaching institutes. Contributors The contributors to this volume are teaching in Political Science faculties of various colleges affiliated to Delhi University. To name a few are : Dr Anju Aggarwal and Dr Niraj Kumar (both from Maharaja Agrasen College); Dr Madhu Damani (Daulat Ram College); Dr Abhay Prasad Singh and Pinki Punia (PGDAV College); Dr Ranjeet Kumar (Shaheed Bhagat Singh College); Dr Sweta Mishra (Gargi College) etc. etc. About the Author Dr Basuki Nath Chaudhary is Associate  Professor of Political Science, PG DAV College (evening), University of Delhi. He has experience of teaching this subject now over 25 years . Dr Yuvraj Kumar, UGC Post-Doctoral fellow of Political Science, University of Delhi. A Ph.D in Political Science, he taught for seven years to undergraduate students in Satyawati College (DU) before he joined the department in the university in his current affiliation.