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. |
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The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor. ISBN: 978-1-61145-411-6 Printed in the United States of America To Kofi Annan, who, as a young man in Ghana,
The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor. ISBN: 978-1-61145-411-6 Printed in the United States of America To Kofi Annan, who, as a young man in Ghana,
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The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor. To Kofi Annan, who, as a young man in Ghana, admired Nehru, this book is dedicated with respect and affection Contents Preface A Note on Indian Political Movements The Nehru.
The Invention of India Shashi Tharoor. To Kofi Annan, who, as a young man in Ghana, admired Nehru, this book is dedicated with respect and affection Contents Preface A Note on Indian Political Movements The Nehru.
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Jawaharlal Nehru's life is a fascinating story in its own right, and I have tried to tell it whole, because the privileged child, the unremarkable youth, the posturing young nationalist, and the heroic fighter for independence are all ...
Jawaharlal Nehru's life is a fascinating story in its own right, and I have tried to tell it whole, because the privileged child, the unremarkable youth, the posturing young nationalist, and the heroic fighter for independence are all ...
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... desperately sought the compensatory joy of a son of his own. This, it 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 ...
... desperately sought the compensatory joy of a son of his own. This, it 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 ...
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Thus challenged, the yogi looked at the young men before him, and finally sighed. He reached into his brass pitcher and sprinkled water from it three times upon the wouldbe father. Motilal began to express his gratitude, ...
Thus challenged, the yogi looked at the young men before him, and finally sighed. He reached into his brass pitcher and sprinkled water from it three times upon the wouldbe father. Motilal began to express his gratitude, ...
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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
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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
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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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