Nehru: The Invention of IndiaNew from Shashi Tharoor, eminent United Nations diplomat and author of India: From Midnight to the Millennium, comes an incisive new biography of the great secularist, Jawaharlal Nehru, 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. 'A well-crafted life of the Indian politician and independence-movement hero... A thoughtful account, likening Nehru to Thomas Jefferson in ways both positive and negative' - Kirkus Reviews |
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This largely one - sided correspondence would later culminate in two monumental books painting a vivid portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru's mind and of his vision of the world . In the meantime , the early 1920s found Indian nationalism in ...
This largely one - sided correspondence would later culminate in two monumental books painting a vivid portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru's mind and of his vision of the world . In the meantime , the early 1920s found Indian nationalism in ...
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In his 1941 book Towards Freedom , he wrote that “ the theory and philosophy of Marxism lightened up many a dark corner of my mind . ... I was filled with a new excitement . " Such statements would later lead some to see Nehru as a ...
In his 1941 book Towards Freedom , he wrote that “ the theory and philosophy of Marxism lightened up many a dark corner of my mind . ... I was filled with a new excitement . " Such statements would later lead some to see Nehru as a ...
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The India of geography , of history and tradition , the India of our minds and hearts , cannot change . But of course it could change : geography was to be hacked , history misread , tradition denied , minds and hearts torn apart .
The India of geography , of history and tradition , the India of our minds and hearts , cannot change . But of course it could change : geography was to be hacked , history misread , tradition denied , minds and hearts torn apart .
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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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