'Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives' is not exactly a retelling of the lives of two personalities that the nation has revered for so long. It can neither be classified as a biography nor as a critical political assesment. Yet it is all those and so much more. Rudrangshu Mukherjee has clearly achieved a literary high.

The book talks, in parallel, about the lives and political careers of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in beautiful mergers and contrasts. These men co-existed...

good book

The book gives a comparison of the lives of Bose and Nehru. It analyses the things in common between them and the reason for their differences.
Very interesting to read.Though we get many books on Nehru written by him and by others there are very few books ob Bose.
After reading the book I was thinking how India would have transformed if Bose was alive after the world war.

This book is a bold comparison of two leaders of the country who were clinical in the country's freedom movement. The writer treads carefully on a thin line, praising as well as criticizing each step taken by the leaders. Also it is a new way to go to history by direct comparison of the steps taken by each leader during the fight for independence. You can come to know how each leader thought by the direct comparison shown in the book. Also the relation each leader had with Gandhi has been apt...

Most awaited book for mine . Wonderful written by Mukherjee

Good

One of the best books to know about the two legends relationship. In recent times Nehru is portrayed as a traitor of India and enemy of Bose but it's not truth yes the have disagreements but also a good relationship and both have same mission to free India from British imperialism

A book that clear a lot of thought of Indian freedom struggle.

Good book

One can easily get clarification about the two freedom fighters life and their thought process out of this Book.. Thanks Flipkart for their ontime delivery.. pleasure to read a content like this