Nehru: The Invention of IndiaShashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who—alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi—led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would one day help topple British rule and become India’s first prime minister started out as a surprisingly unremarkable student. Born into a wealthy, politically influential Indian family in the waning years of the Raj, Jawaharlal Nehru was raised on Western secularism and the humanist ideas of the Enlightenment. Once he met Gandhi in 1916, Nehru threw himself into the nonviolent struggle for India’s independence, a struggle that wasn’t won until 1947. India had found a perfect political complement to her more spiritual advocate, but neither Nehru nor Gandhi could prevent the horrific price for independence: partition. This fascinating biography casts an unflinching eye on Nehru’s heroic efforts for, and stewardship of, independent India and gives us a careful appraisal of his legacy to the world. |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 100
الصفحة
... who had passionate socialist convictions; an Anglicized product of Harrow and Cambridge who spent almost ten years in British jails; an agnostic radical who became an unlikely protégé of the saintly Mahatma Gandhi — was India.
... who had passionate socialist convictions; an Anglicized product of Harrow and Cambridge who spent almost ten years in British jails; an agnostic radical who became an unlikely protégé of the saintly Mahatma Gandhi — was India.
الصفحة
Muslim unity, Gandhi committed the party to supporting the Khilafat movement, which organized anti-British demonstrations around India clamoring for the restoration of the Caliphate in the defeated Ottoman Turkey.
Muslim unity, Gandhi committed the party to supporting the Khilafat movement, which organized anti-British demonstrations around India clamoring for the restoration of the Caliphate in the defeated Ottoman Turkey.
الصفحة
Muslim notables called on the viceroy to affirm their loyalty to British rule and seek the authorities' support for Muslim interests. For a long time the League was not seen as a viable alternative to the Congress, and indeed many of ...
Muslim notables called on the viceroy to affirm their loyalty to British rule and seek the authorities' support for Muslim interests. For a long time the League was not seen as a viable alternative to the Congress, and indeed many of ...
الصفحة
... elegant house (named Anand Bhavan, or “Abode of Bliss”) in a desirable residential area, with mostly British neighbors; a fancy carriage; a stable of Arabian steeds; and a wardrobe full of English suits, many tailored in Savile Row.
... elegant house (named Anand Bhavan, or “Abode of Bliss”) in a desirable residential area, with mostly British neighbors; a fancy carriage; a stable of Arabian steeds; and a wardrobe full of English suits, many tailored in Savile Row.
الصفحة
Inevitably, when Jawaharlal was just fifteen, his father enrolled him at the prestigious British public school, Harrow. By an intriguing coincidence, some fifteen years earlier the school had educated (and sent on to Sandhurst) a young ...
Inevitably, when Jawaharlal was just fifteen, his father enrolled him at the prestigious British public school, Harrow. By an intriguing coincidence, some fifteen years earlier the school had educated (and sent on to Sandhurst) a young ...
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لا تتحقّق Google من المراجعات، ولكنها تتحقّق من المحتوى المزيّف وتزيله في حال رصده.
LibraryThing Review
معاينة المستخدمين - danoomistmatiste - LibraryThingAnother well written piece from this author. Provides some detailed insights into the life of this great man. A truly international figure who left an indelible mark on both the Gloabal and National ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
LibraryThing Review
معاينة المستخدمين - dmcolon - LibraryThingTharoor's biography of Nehru starts out a bit slow, but ends as an engaging meditation on the life of one of India's founding fathers. Tharoor does a thorough job chronicling Nehru's early years as a ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
accept affairs arrested authorities became become British called caste cause civil close communal Communist Congress critics daughter death decision Delhi demand democracy democratic early economic elections emerged English father followed forces foreign freedom Gandhi gave hand Hindu idea imperialism independence India interests issue jail Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal’s Jinnah joined largely later leader leadership leading League letter lives London Mahatma Mahatma Gandhi major March masses meeting mind Motilal Motilal’s Mountbatten movement Muslim nationalist never offer once opposition organized Pakistan Pandit party passed Patel political position president prime minister principle prison provinces refused relations remained resign rule seemed serve socialism sought suggested thought took traveling turned United viceroy wrote young
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | Nehru: The Invention of India |
| المؤلف | Shashi Tharoor |
| الإصدار | غير مختصر |
| الناشر | Simon and Schuster, 2011 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 1628721987, 9781628721980 |
| عدد الصفحات | 304 من الصفحات |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |