India After Gandhi : The History of the World's Largest Democracy

from bookish85

truly this is a magisterial work . guha starts with partition, a scar which will ever remain in the face of this nation to the integration of princely states , the great stewardship of leaders like nehru , patel , ambedkar , emergence of dynasty and caste politics,mandal and masjid politics ,stre...

from mostlyharmless

An Indian historian, from what I could understand, submitted theses on esoteric topics,worked in the backwaters of a humanities department , and took time off in the evenings for the real job - currying favor with whatever political outfit (s)he used as a reference point for the bully pulpit. Tho...

from solla

This was particularly good reading it so soon after reading A Suitable Boy, a novel set in India shortly after independence, so in the time period at the beginning of the [India after Gandhi]. I was also glad to have had the background provided by [India, a History], although I definitely only re...

from solla

This was particularly good reading it so soon after reading A Suitable Boy, a novel set in India shortly after independence, so in the time period at the beginning of the [India after Gandhi]. I was also glad to have had the background provided by [India, a History], although I definitely only re...

from cwhouston

I learned a lot about the recent history of this intriguing country from this book. Much of the coverage is devoted to political history and many of the other topics that are discussed, e.g. wars with Pakistan and China, communal violence, economic development, secessionist movements etc are also...