title: Making India Awesome - New Essays and columns
author:  Chetan Bhagat 
description: Chetan Bhagat is the author of seven blockbuster books. These include six novels-Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), Half Girlfriend (2014)-and the nonfiction title What Young India Wants (2012). Chetan's books have remained bestsellers since their release. Many of his novels have been adapted into successful Bollywood films. The New York Times called him 'the biggestselling English language novelist in India's history'. TIME magazine named him amongst the '100 most influential people in the world' and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the world's '100 most creative people in business'. Chetan writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development issues. He is also a motivational speaker and screenplay writer. Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009 to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anusha, an exclassmate from IIMA, and his twin boys, Shyam and Ishaan.
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  > > _Edited and Introduced by_  
  >  Ramachandra Guha
  
  > > MAKERS OF  
  MODERN INDIA
  
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  Contents
  
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  > > Dedication
  
  > > About the Author
  
  > > Also By Ramachandra Guha
  
  > >  _Preface to the Paperback Edition_
  
  > > Prologue: Thinking Through India
  
  > >  **Part I: The Opening of the Indian Mind**  
  >  Introduction to Part I
  
  > > 1\. The First Liberal: **Rammohan Roy**
  
  > > Relations between Men and Women
  
  > > The Freedom of the Press
  
  > > The Need for Modern Education
  
  > >  **Part II: Reformers and Radicals**  
  >  Introduction to Part II
  
  > > 2\. The Muslim Modernist: **Syed Ahmad Khan**
  
  > > Educating the Muslims
  
  > > A Modern Curriculum
  
  > > The Two Eyes of India
  
  > > Politics and Discord
  
  > > 3\. The Agrarian Radical: **Jotirao Phule**
  
  > > Educating the Masses
  
  > > The Condition of the Peasantry
  
  > > 4\. The Liberal Reformer: **Gopal Krishna Gokhale**
  
  > > Elevating the Depressed Classes
  
  > > On Hindu—Mus