About the Book: The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi
The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi is an explosive and original analysis
of the assassination of the Father of the Nation. Who is responsible for the
Mahatmas death? Just one determined zealot, the larger ideology that supported
him, the Congress-led government that failed to protect him, or a vast majority
of Indians and their descendants who considered Gandhi irrelevant, and endorsed
violence instead? Paranjapes meticulous study culminates in his reading of
Gandhis last six months in Delhi where, from the very edge of the grave, he
wrought what was perhaps his greatest miracle-the saving of