Author: Durga Das
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 499
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171675913
Description
This book is a fascinating and wholly absorbing contribution to the history of the twentieth century.
This fast-moving, lively and independent account of the politics and international affairs is enriched by intimate, perceptive and far from uncritical sketches of great leaders such as Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Desai and Patel. Perhaps no other book reminds the reader so firmly that politics, even at its most exalted and dramatic, is about people. Certainly no one who is interested in India, in the history of British imperialism or in the realities of present-day Asia can neglect this goldmine of a book.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
BOOK - I (1900 - 21)
Political Awakening
BOOK - II (1921- 39)
The Gandhian Revolution
BOOK - III (1939 - 47)
Independence Dawns
BOOK - IV (1947 - 64)
The Nehru Era
BOOK - V (1964 - 68)
After Nehru, What?
Appendix -I
Appendix -II
Acknowledgements
Index