India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
Themes: India, history
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A wonderful and very long book about the history of India after Gandhi’s assassination (which was January 1948). Most textbook accounts of history stop at around 1950, giving the impression that that last 60 years of India’s existence had few events of significance. Quite the contrary! Guha does a fantastic job navigating Indian history from that time onwards. This is a must read for people interested in learning about India as it is today and the events that have shaped its recent past.
Reviews: Isaac Chotiner in the New York Times Book Review, K. N. Panikkar in the Hindu, Chandak Sengoopta in the Sunday Independent.
Related books: India Unbound by Gurcharan Das, India: The Emerging Giant by Arvind Panagariya.
Related web articles: Profit’s No Longer a Dirty Word: The Transformation of India by Amit Varma in the Library of Economics.
