India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy Guha, Ramach...

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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy Guha, Ramachandra\n\nProduct Overview\nFrom one of the subcontinent's most important and controversial writers comes\nthis definitive history of post-Partition India, published on the 60th\nanniversary of Independence Told in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of\nIndia's wild ride toward and since Independence is a riveting one. Taking full\nadvantage of the dramatic details of the protests and conflicts that helped\nshape the nation, politically, socially, and economically, Guha writes of the\nfactors and processes that have kept the country together, and kept it\ndemocratic, defying the numerous prophets of doom.Moving between history and\nbiography, this story provides fresh insights into the lives and public\ncareers of those legendary and long-serving Prime Ministers, Jawaharlal Nehru\nand his daughter, Indira Gandhi. Guha includes vivid sketches of the major\n\""provincial\"" leaders, but also writes with feeling-