This is a really nice read. Covers India's history after independence right from Nehru to the current government.
One of the best books on India's story post independence.
Mostly related to the political history of India and how major players in Indian political spectrum changed the landscape of the nation.
Gives the reader a birds eye view of how events transpired and how they influence us today.

Thumbs up Mr.Guha!

Never knew history could be so intresting and captivating..A must read for all.The language is easy and keeps the readers hooked. The flow of the book is lucid and takes the readers through a breathtaking journey of the history. If one wants to know all about post independence India, then this is the book for it.
An enriching and enlightening book.

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This is my first non-fiction. I bought it because I got bored with fiction and wanted to shift to Non-fiction. As it turned out this book was a good choice for starting a non-fiction. The author gave quite a good insights into the India after Independence. It was like reading a story. Because of its continuity and the nature of the issues addressed by the author it is an interesting book to anyone who is curious about the recent past of India. Although it took quite an effort to complete the ...

What I love about this book is it's unbiased approach. Ramachandran Guha is a person with an eye for details. Even though he has made some conclusion from the events that happened, they are open to reader's interpretation. Special stress and lot of material is given to happenings in east and Kashmir region. Which are also something i always wanted to read as they are mostly not reported in popular media(albeit lot of censorship) People would love reading the sections detailing the first few y...

Indeed a well researched and detailed work from Ramachandra Guha. Anybody who is interested in Indian history will love this book. It gives you an unbiased and in-depth political/historical information especially during the period from 1940 till now. I personally admire this effort of putting this much of information together in one edition.

the book starts with the india preparing itself for partition and then kashmir, the naga rebels and various secessionist movements of india. india stands as an exception to the popular rule that a country is formed by homogeneous culture and a common language. so far it has witnessed threats and obstructions for its democracy yet it prevails. the author has done an exceptional work on the account of various unsung heroes and the contribution of colonial institutions such as ICS and indian arm...

Well written with decent packaging
One of the best works of Guha