The definitive and first non-partisan biography of one of the most formidable political figures of the twentieth century (voted Woman of the Millennium in a BBC poll, 2000) Indira GandhiΓ’??s life, from her birth in 1917, through partition and up to her assassination in 1984, was dominated by the pol
The Secular Imaginary: Gandhi, Nehru and the Idea(s) of India
β Scribed by Sushmita Nath
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 275
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
It sheds light on Indian narratives of secularity - Gandhian sarva dharma samabhava, Nehruvian secularism and Gandhi-Nehru tradition.
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