Nehru : The Invention of India
by Shashi Tharoor
Synopsis
This short biography examines a great figure of twentieth-century nationalism from the vantage point of the beginning of the twenty-first. Deftly weaving personal facets with historical events, it tells the fascinating story of Jawaharlal Nehru-aristocrat, socialist, anti-imperialist, foremost disciple of Gandhi, diehard secularist and India's first prime minister, who sought to educate the Indian masses in democracy by his own personal example. Shashi Tharoor also analyses the principal pillars of Nehru's legacy to India, all of which were integral to a vision of Indianness that is fundamentally contested today.
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About the author
Acclaimed writer, Indian Politician, former International Diplomat Shashi Tharoor is a man of many firsts. At the age of 22, in the year 1978 Shashi Tharoor was awarded a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. And at that time he was the youngest to achieve this
He was the first Indian to reach 10,000 & 100,000 followers twitter. He was the first Indian minister to visit Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. He reformed the arrangements relating to the conduct of the Haj pilgrimage. He initiated new policy-planning activities on the Indian Ocean and represented India at various global events during his 11-month tenure as minister. He was the first politician to issue annual reports on his work as MP, including furnishing accounts of his MPLADS expenditure.
He has authored 19 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1981. From History & Culture to films, Politics and Scociety he has penned in various genre.
His books include the path-breaking Satire The Great Indian Novel (1989) , the classic India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), the bestselling AN ERA OF DARKNESS , for
which he won the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2016, for
Books (Non-Fiction)
His other writings include: THE NEW WORLD DISORDER AND THE INDIAN IMPERATIVE , The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism , NOTES FROM THE HINTERLAND , The Great Indian Collection , Main Hindu Kyon Hoon , The Paradoxical Prime Minister , Nehru : The Invention of India , India Shastra: Reflections on the Nation in our Time , Andhkaar Kaal , WHY I AM A HINDU , INDIA SHASTRA , Nehru: The Invention of India , Pax Indica , The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone , India , Riot , , Show Business , Bookless In Baghdad , The Five-Dollar Smile , Nehru: The Invention of India
Specifications
Language: English Publisher: Viking Pages: 284 Binding: HardBack
ISBN: 9780670092000 Category: Biographies & Memoirs Related Category: Biographies
