Nehru: The Invention of IndiaSimon and Schuster, 17/10/2011 - 304 من الصفحات Shashi 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. |
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... seemed inconceivable without him. A year before his death a leading American journalist published a book entitled After Nehru, Who? The unspoken question around the world was: “after Nehru, what?” Today, nearly four decades after his ...
... seemed inconceivable without him. A year before his death a leading American journalist published a book entitled After Nehru, Who? The unspoken question around the world was: “after Nehru, what?” Today, nearly four decades after his ...
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... seemed, was not to be. Motilal and his two companions, young Brahmins of his acquaintance, visited a famous yogi renowned for the austerities he practiced while living in a tree. In the bitter cold of winter, the yogi undertook various ...
... seemed, was not to be. Motilal and his two companions, young Brahmins of his acquaintance, visited a famous yogi renowned for the austerities he practiced while living in a tree. In the bitter cold of winter, the yogi undertook various ...
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... seemed to my young eyes very ancient and full of old-time lore, and I used to snuggle up to him and listen, wide-eyed, by the hour to his innumerable stories.” The family's original name was Kaul. Jawaharlal Nehru's ancestor Raj.
... seemed to my young eyes very ancient and full of old-time lore, and I used to snuggle up to him and listen, wide-eyed, by the hour to his innumerable stories.” The family's original name was Kaul. Jawaharlal Nehru's ancestor Raj.
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... seemed to predict the inevitable decline of the British Raj in India. A school prize was Trevelyan's biography of Garibaldi, which inspired in the young Nehru “visions of similar deeds in India.” In October 1907 Jawaharlal Nehru entered ...
... seemed to predict the inevitable decline of the British Raj in India. A school prize was Trevelyan's biography of Garibaldi, which inspired in the young Nehru “visions of similar deeds in India.” In October 1907 Jawaharlal Nehru entered ...
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... seemed beyond doubt; that he had touched a chord among the masses was equally apparent; that he was a potent political force soon became clear. His crusade against the system of indentured labor that had transported Indians to British ...
... seemed beyond doubt; that he had touched a chord among the masses was equally apparent; that he was a potent political force soon became clear. His crusade against the system of indentured labor that had transported Indians to British ...
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| 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 |
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