Flowing effortlessly from Sudhir Kakar’s descriptions of his early life in undivided India to discussions on the Indian psyche and sexuality, India Analysed discusses Kakar’s views on secularism and modern Indian leaders such as Gandhi and Nehru wherein he brings to bear his intellect on a wide range of issues such as philosophy, Indian culture and tradition, and the Partition, and, in doing so, reveals the psychological make-up of the contemporary Indian.

Part of Ramin Jahanbegloo’s series of interviews with prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, this candid and freewheeling conversation demystifies many of the complex ideas of the eminent psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar.