India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Guha, Ramachandra
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco, c2007. - xviii, 893 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Prologue : unnatural nation -- Picking up the pieces -- Freedom and parricide -- The logic of division -- Apples in the basket -- A valley bloody and beautiful -- Refugees and the republic -- Ideas of India -- Nehru's India -- The biggest gamble in history -- Home and the world -- Redrawing the map -- The conquest of nature -- The law and the prophets -- Securing Kashmir -- Tribal trouble -- Shaking the centre -- The southern challenge -- The experience of defeat -- Peace in our time -- Minding the minorities -- The rise of populism -- War and succession -- Leftward turns -- The elixir of victory -- The rivals -- Autumn of the matriarch -- Life without the Congress -- Democracy in disarray -- This son also rises -- A history of events -- Rights -- Riots -- Rulers -- Riches -- A people's entertainments -- Epilogue : why India survives. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Pt. III. 14. 15. 16. 17. Pt. IV. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Pt. V. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
9780330505543
India--History
954.04 / GUH/I
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco, c2007. - xviii, 893 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Prologue : unnatural nation -- Picking up the pieces -- Freedom and parricide -- The logic of division -- Apples in the basket -- A valley bloody and beautiful -- Refugees and the republic -- Ideas of India -- Nehru's India -- The biggest gamble in history -- Home and the world -- Redrawing the map -- The conquest of nature -- The law and the prophets -- Securing Kashmir -- Tribal trouble -- Shaking the centre -- The southern challenge -- The experience of defeat -- Peace in our time -- Minding the minorities -- The rise of populism -- War and succession -- Leftward turns -- The elixir of victory -- The rivals -- Autumn of the matriarch -- Life without the Congress -- Democracy in disarray -- This son also rises -- A history of events -- Rights -- Riots -- Rulers -- Riches -- A people's entertainments -- Epilogue : why India survives. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Pt. III. 14. 15. 16. 17. Pt. IV. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Pt. V. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
9780330505543
India--History
954.04 / GUH/I