About the Book: India After Gandhi: The History of the Worlds Largest Democracy
Book of the Year
-The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle,
Time Out and Outlook
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award
Ramachandra Guhas India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains,
struggles, humiliations and glories of the worlds largest and least likely
democracy. A riveting chronicle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a
giant nation, and of the extraordinary individuals and institutions who held it
together, it established itself as a classic when it was first published in
2007.
In the last decade, India has witnessed, among other