India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy - Ramachandra Guha - Google Books

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Born against a background of privation and civil war, divided along lines of caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. Ramachandra Guha’s hugely acclaimed book tells the full story – the…