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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His father , certainly , saw him from a very early age as a child of destiny , one made for extraordinary success ; but as a rationalist himself , Motilal is unlikely to have based his faith in his son on a yogi's blessing .
His father , certainly , saw him from a very early age as a child of destiny , one made for extraordinary success ; but as a rationalist himself , Motilal is unlikely to have based his faith in his son on a yogi's blessing .
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The taint lingered , and Motilal's family was socially boycotted by some of the purists , but the Nehrus typically rose above the ostracism through their own worldly success . The Nehrus were Kashmiri Pandits , scions of a community of ...
The taint lingered , and Motilal's family was socially boycotted by some of the purists , but the Nehrus typically rose above the ostracism through their own worldly success . The Nehrus were Kashmiri Pandits , scions of a community of ...
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The League saw this as a threat ; its political success depended on its being able to credibly claim that it was the sole spokesman for India's Muslims . The two visions were clearly incompatible , yet the League began negotiating with ...
The League saw this as a threat ; its political success depended on its being able to credibly claim that it was the sole spokesman for India's Muslims . The two visions were clearly incompatible , yet the League began negotiating with ...
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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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