India after Gandhi

by Ramachandra Guha

2007 893 pages eng ★ 4.3 (15 ratings)

Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This remarkable book tells the full story--the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories--of the world's largest and least likely dem…