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#49708 in Books Ramachandra Guha 2008-08-12 2008-08-12Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.89 x 6.00l; 2.35 #File Name: 0060958588944 pagesIndia after Gandhi The History of the World s Largest Democracy
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Unbiased and complete information source of post independence Indian politicsBy Kush GoyalGuha has articulated all the major events and people in Indian politics since independence. For most part his writing and description of events is unbiased. I am writing this review after about 1 year of reading this book and I can say a lot of information is still there in my head thanks to the simplistic and yet gripping tone of Guha's writing. I'd this book should be considered as a surface sweep of Indian politics and sort of gives you the table of contents. After reading you can choose for your self which set of events you would like to go deeper. Political history needs time and patience to grasp in. One reading of this might not suffice a lot people. You will have to read more books similar to this one to revisit a lot of major events in Indian politics. Different perspectives to events helps create a more clearer and detailed picture of events; after all we are dealing with history here and memory is nothing but a personal expression of ones own senses.I'd say this book is for anyone who wants to know about Inidan political history. But please do not consider your self an expert on politics after this 900 page book. Politics when described in books is void of violence; tears ; emotions and most importantly truth.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent read for an detailed understanding on India's uniqueness; the possibilities and the challenges it faces in the future!By ManishI got an excellent preview in the history of the country and am now in a position to appreciate the uniqueness and the challenges that it faces. The book is fairly detailed and chronicles all the major events that have unfolded in past 68 years of its independence. I think the authors been fairly objective in most places as is evident from the style of writing. Would definitely recommend the book for every Indian to read and for every non-Indian who is interested in knowing the history and the present situation of India.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. From Partition to Bollywood - making sense of complex timesBy Steve EinfeldThis very engaging and accessible history invokes the vivid confluence of Indian social; cultural and political life since independence. No single year up to the book's publication in 2007 is free of fatal conflictual agonies on the one hand or triumphs of hope on the other. And all through these turbulent years democracy thrives and survives. As Guha argues time and again; no country could be as doomed to fall apart under the weight of its language; religious; geographic; caste; class; ideological; gender and many more divisions and yet democratic institutions survive. Only the scourge of corruption threatens the institutional edifice itself; a process well measured and documented by Guha as he bemoans the disappearing altruism of the Union's founders and flags its succession by the politics of crude self enrichment. A rewarding overview passionately written.
