Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Mukti Jain - GoodreadsObjective portrayal of facts. Impartial writing. A must read for all journalists. Read it to get the experience of watching a history movie, but it engaged me for more than that. Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Venkateswaran - GoodreadsA voluminous book that surprisingly is a great page turner. A book whose stated objective was to unravel the reason that holds India against all odds, gives a huge focus on the odds but does not ... Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Harsha Sekar - GoodreadsA magisterial history of India post-independence by a leading scholar. Mr. Guha is the rare professional historian who can combine scrupulous research and sound methodology with fast-paced writing ... Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Shiva - GoodreadsA very balanced view of the politics of post-independence India. One of its kind really. Free-flowing prose with a lot of substance. Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Subhrajit Das - GoodreadsDo you really think that history of India has not been documented post independence? This is the chief premise with which historian Ramachandra Guha documents history of India post 1947 to 2005 ... Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Sushant Jha - GoodreadsA must read books to know India after its independence. It vividly covers the journey of a country from the ruins of partition to the newly achieved status of a "software" power. Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Anshul Tandon - GoodreadsExcellent read. Must for all Indians of our generation and for anyone claiming to know anything about Indian politics. If you want to know what happened in India over the last 65 years (post ... Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Arvind - GoodreadsA very well-written book, bold,laregely fair, by a renowned scholar, and on a topic that surprisingly has few books on it. Read it very fast inspite of having a battered heavy hardbound copy. Why then ... Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - Abhishek Srivastava - GoodreadsA very comprehensive history of modern India, and it's surprisingly interesting and gripping given that it is a historical record. A must read for any one who wants to know how modern India came to be ... Read full review
Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
User Review - axe - GoodreadsWhile reading Gibbons for the n'th time, I was handed a copy of this doorstopper. A marathon twelve hours later, I finally put it down. The cynic in me wishes to be a hipster and point out the many flaws in this book. But alas, he is to be denied. The good by far outweighs the bad. Magnificent. Read full review