{"product_id":"india-after-gandhi-the-history-of-the-world-s-largest-democracy","title":"India After Gandhi  -   The History of the World’s Largest Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ramachandra Guha\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Picador India\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2010\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 898\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780330505543\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is magisterial account of the pains, the humiliations, and the glories of the world’s largest and last likely democracy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRamachandra Guha’s India after Gandhi is a reviting chronicle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation, and of the extraordinary individuals and institutions who have held it together. It is an epic history, peopled by larger–than-life characters, deeply researched and elegantly written, the work of a major scholar at the height of his powers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A magisterial work.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Financial Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Finally, here is a history of democratic India that is every bit as sweeping as the country itself. A magisterial work.” \u003cbr\u003e--- Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Guha has given democratic India the rich, well-paced history it deserves.” \u003cbr\u003e--- Washington Post \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An insightful, spirited and elegantly crafted account of India since 1947.” \u003cbr\u003e--- Times Literary Supplement \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e--- India Today \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 nobly to the challenges: his history is as comprehensive, balanced and elegantly crafted as any reasonable reader could expect.” \u003cbr\u003e--- The Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Unnatural Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One: PICKING UP THE PIECES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tFreedom and Parricide \u003cbr\u003e2.\tThe Logic of Division \u003cbr\u003e3.\tApples in the Basket \u003cbr\u003e4.\tA Valley Bloody and Beautiful \u003cbr\u003e5.\tRefuges and the Republic \u003cbr\u003e6.\tIdeas of India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: NEHRU’S INDIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.\tThe Biggest Gamble in History \u003cbr\u003e8.\tHome and the World \u003cbr\u003e9.\tRedrawing the Map \u003cbr\u003e10.\t The Conquest of Nature \u003cbr\u003e11.\t The Low the Prophets \u003cbr\u003e12.\t Securing Kashmir \u003cbr\u003e13.\t Tribal Trouble \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: SHAKING THE CENTRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14.\t The Southern Challenge \u003cbr\u003e15.\t The Experience of Defeat \u003cbr\u003e16.\t Peace in Our Time \u003cbr\u003e17.\t Minding the Minorities \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Four: THE RISE OF POPULISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18.\t War and Succession \u003cbr\u003e19.\t Leftward Turns \u003cbr\u003e20.\t The Elixir of Victory \u003cbr\u003e21.\t The Rivals \u003cbr\u003e22.\t Autumn of the Matriarch \u003cbr\u003e23.\t Life without the Congress\u003cbr\u003e24.\t Democracy in Disarray \u003cbr\u003e25.\t This Son also Rises \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Five: A HISTORY OF EVENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26.\t Rights \u003cbr\u003e27.\t Riots \u003cbr\u003e28.\t Rulers \u003cbr\u003e29.\t Riches \u003cbr\u003e30.\t A People’s Entertainments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Why India survives \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ramachandra Guha \/ Picador India \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153542443376,"sku":"29230","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/29230.jpg?v=1793910919","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/india-after-gandhi-the-history-of-the-world-s-largest-democracy","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}