Massively researched and elegantly written, this is the work of a major scholar at the height of his powers, a brilliant and definitive history of what is possibly the most important, occasionally the most exasperating, and certainly the most interesting country in the world. previous 1 2 3 4 next sort by previous 1 2 3 4 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Ramachandra Guhas India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles, humiliations and glories. 27,041 ratings 2,529 reviews shelved 97,904 times Showing 30 distinct works. Guha includes vivid sketches of the major 'provincial' leaders, but also writes with feeling and sensitivity about lesser-known Indians-peasants, tribals, women, workers, and Untouchables. A book review of the Modern History of India. Moving between history and biography, this story provides fresh insights into the lives and public careers of those legendary and long-serving Prime Ministers, Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, Indira Gandhi. Available in used condition with free US shipping on orders over. Taking full advantage of the dramatic details of the protests and conflicts that helped shape the nation, politically, socially, and economically, Guha writes of the factors and processes that have kept the country together, and kept it democratic, defying the numerous prophets of doom. Buy India After Gandhi: The History of the Worlds Largest Democracy By Ramachandra Guha. From one of the subcontinent's most important and controversial writers comes this definitive history of post-Partition India, published on the 60th anniversary of Independence Told in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of India's wild ride toward and since Independence is a riveting one. Born against a background of privation and civil war, divided along lines of caste, class, language and religion.

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