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India After Gandhi

The History of the World's Largest Democracy

By Ramachandra Guha

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| Hardcover | 9780060198817

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Born against a background of privation and civil war, divided along lines of caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This remarkable book tells the full story—the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the gloriesContinue

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Probably the definitive history of modern, post-independence India. I don't know anything else quite like this book. Guha has drawn extensively from sources that you might not consider standard Historian material. He looks at old newspaper articles, magazines of the time, private correspondence b ... (continue)

Probably the definitive history of modern, post-independence India. I don't know anything else quite like this book. Guha has drawn extensively from sources that you might not consider standard Historian material. He looks at old newspaper articles, magazines of the time, private correspondence between historical figures, and many other sources .... something you absolutely have to do, to write a detailed and layered history of a country without the most formal record retention. If you are looking to understand where modern India comes from, you cannot miss this book.

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