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An excerpt from INDIA AFTER GANDHI by Ramachandra Guha
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Complete, First published Jul 08, 2020
Ramachandra Guha's #IndiaafterGandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles, humiliations and glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy. A riveting chronicle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation, and of the extraordinary individuals and institutions who held it together, it established itself as a classic when it was first published in 2007.

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