Second in the series of Dr Madhav’s musings, The Indian Reality: Changing Narratives, ShiftingPerceptions is the story of the new reality that has overtaken countries and populations. The diversified agendas of altered societies call for newer understanding and discourses. This has also enthused a new wave of excitement in India too. Theast decade was witness to a tectonic transformation in almost every walk of nationalife.Dr Madhav, through his essays on the new agendas of society, contemporary Hindutva,essons fromhistory, the idea of good governance and India’s outreach with the world, not only maps the journeyof change but paints a forward-looking canvas of a society on the move.The Indian Reality is a must-read for those who want to get a bird’s eye view of what will interestthe world as the twenty-first century paces ahead.