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Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, San Trancisco Chronicle, Time Out, and Outlook Thuis 1e a magusteraf account of the pains, the struggles, the hunuliatsons, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy Ramachandra Guha's India after Gandhi 18 a riveting chronscle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a grant nation. and of the extraordinary ìndsviduals and insuturions who have held st together Ie ts an epic history. peopled by largerthan hfe characters. deeply researched and elegantly written, the work of 2 major scholar at the height of hus powers ‘Finally, here is a history of democratic India thar ís every bit as sweeping as the country itself A magisterial work’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Guha has given democratic India the rich, well paced history it deserves’ WASHINGTON POST ‘An insighrful, spirited and elegantly crafted account of India since 1947’ —TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT “Inda after Gandhi is a magnificently told history of the world's largest democracy It is a riveting story with unforgettable characters and towering challenges, immense greatness and extraordinary venaliry, soaring hopes and profound disappointment’ — INDIA TODAY “It is a formidable undertaking to write in a single volume a history of this vast country … Keeping in proportion the separate elements of so huge and sprawling a history calls for the finest judgement. … Guha rises nobly to the challenges: his history is as comprehensive, balanced and elegantly crafted as any reasonable reader could expect’ —-THE SPECTATOR Ramachandra Guha has taught at Yale, Stanford, Oslo, and the Indian Insticute of Science. His other books include A Corner of a Foreign Field and Environmentalsm A Global History His awards include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History. In May 2008, Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines nominated Guha as one of the worid’s one hundred most influential intellectuals. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for services to literature and education.