His battle with the British Raj’s ‘police conception of the state’ speaks with uncanny precision to the contemporary moment. 2 Uncivic sense: Entitled behaviour starts from the top – India’s leaders must set a better example. 5 ‘Disheartening to see right-wing Indian Americans’: Comedian Nimesh Patel on a divided diaspora. 8 From Bachchans to Modi: What Sonia Gandhi says (and leaves out) in her book.