The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity has been written by none other than Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. The book comprises of sixteen interlinked essays that explain in detail the rich background on which India has built its foundations on. In four sections the book tries to delineate the importance of perceiving contemporary India easily.

This book also goes onto explain the source of conflicting opinions pursuits and interests and yet how these conflicting situations are able to co-exist without many problems. It also goes onto write about how these conflicts help in creating a variety of opinions, varying cultures and abundance of viewpoints. Through this book, the author attempts to defend its secular politics and also tries to abolish the inequalities of issues like caste, gender, community and also the search for peace in the sub-continent.

This book also tries to analyze the environment of Hindu traditions, traditions prevalent in India and huge economic and social differences. It also speaks on the topic of India’s stature in the world.

争论不休的印度人。该书由16篇相互关联的文章组成，详细解释了印度赖以建立的丰富背景。该书分四个部分，试图阐述轻松认识当代印度的重要性。

本书还解释了相互冲突的意见追求和利益的来源，但这些冲突的情况是如何能够共存而没有很多问题的。书中还写到，这些冲突如何有助于创造各种意见、不同的文化和丰富的观点。通过这本书，作者试图捍卫其世俗政治，也试图废除种姓、性别、社区等问题的不平等，还试图寻求次大陆的和平。

本书还试图分析印度教传统的环境、印度盛行的传统以及巨大的经济和社会差异。它还谈到了印度在世界上的地位这一话题。