Lecturer in Defense and Diplomatic Studies, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Student (M.Phil.), School of Politics and IR, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Online published on 15 January, 2013.
The paper comprehensively analyzes the development of a new middle class as an offshoot of the rampant economic growth of India after 1991. This economic prosperity has not only resulted in the uplifting of socio-economic conditions but has surged the level of consciousness, concernment and awareness among people and they have become more concerned with their frame of rule and political order where it demands for potent assertion. Paper also focuses on the development of Indian polity in post-colonial phase and juxtaposes the uprising of Anna Hazare with the popular movement of Sampurn Kranti by JP Narayan. There is a continuous demand for change in political order that could accommodate newly emerged Middle Class and movement of Anna Hazare is the best elucidation of this phenomenon.
Purpose of the research is to find the rationale of a popular rising in a country like India which offers the most functional democracy of the world.
Exploratory research methodology has been followed along with the qualitative data analysis. On hand literature on Indian Middle Class has been carefully examined and over the case study interviews and primary introspection has been made.
The Indian boom of economic prosperity due to liberalized economy has resulted in a strong educated Middle Class which yearns for its stature in political sphere. The movement of Anna Hazare serves as a vantage point for Indian middle class to forcefully assert itself
The study is significant rather appurtenant because of the increasing significance of India in global sphere. This paper would aim at exploring the societal dynamism associated with the state and polity in India.
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Middle Class, Neo-Metropolitan Bourgeoisie, Socioeconomics, Colonialism, Liberal Economy, Post-Colonialism