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The Republic of Children
Cinema, Childhood & Cultural Nation-Building
Creative Governance and the Power of Young Voices.
Format
Hardcover
Pages
312
Language
English
Release
2026
Editorial Note
A civil servant, a cinema hall, and a nation of children. A rare book on cultural policy that reads like a memoir.
§ Synopsis
Inside the book.
What if a country's cultural imagination was measured not by its films or festivals, but by what it makes for and with its children? Drawing on two decades in the Indian Revenue Service and a lifelong love of cinema, Dr. Shravan Kumar constructs a bold new grammar for cultural nation-building — one where young voices sit at the centre, not the periphery.
§ Table of Contents
Chapters.
- 01Preface — The Boy at the Balcony
- 02Part I — What Children See
- 03Part II — What the State Shows
- 04Part III — A Blueprint
- 05Epilogue — A Republic, Rehearsed
§ IP Surface
More than a book.
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§ Press & Reviews
The critics say.
“Rare, humane, and quietly revolutionary.”
— Economic & Political Weekly