India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
The definitive history of modern India in a new updated edition, featuring extensive new material, to mark the seventieth anniversary of Indian independence.
Finally, here is a history of democratic India that is every bit as sweeping as the country itselfA magisterial work * Financial Times *
An insightful, spirited and elegantly crafted account of India since 1947. * Times Literary Supplement *
It is a formidable undertaking to write in a single volume a history of this vast country ... Keeping in proportion the separate elements of so huge and sprawling a history calls for the finest judgement .... Guha rises noble to the challenges: his history is as comprehensive, balanced and elegantly crafted as any reasonable reader could expect. * Spectator *
Guha has given democratic India the rich, well-paced history it deserves
* Washington Post *An insightful, spirited and elegantly crafted account of India since 1947. * Times Literary Supplement *
India after Gandhi is a magnificently told history of the world's largest democracy. It is a riveting story with unforgettable characters and towering challenges, immense greatness and extraordinary venality, soaring hopes and profound disappointment.
* India Today *It is a formidable undertaking to write in a single volume a history of this vast country ... Keeping in proportion the separate elements of so huge and sprawling a history calls for the finest judgement .... Guha rises noble to the challenges: his history is as comprehensive, balanced and elegantly crafted as any reasonable reader could expect. * Spectator *
Ramachandra Guha has taught at Yale, Stanford, Oslo, and the Indian Institute of Science. His other books include A Corner of a Foreign Field and Environmentalism: A Global History. His awards include the UK Cricket Society’s Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History. In May 2008, Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines nominated Guha as one of the world’s one hundred most influential intellectuals. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for services to literature and education.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447281887 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447281888 |
| Title | India After Gandhi |
| Author | Ramachandra Guha |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2017-07-13 |
| Number of pages | 960 |
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