भारत नेहरू के बाद: दुनिया के विशालतम लोकतंत्र का इतिहास [Bharat Nehru ke Baad: Duniya ke Vishaaltam Loktantra ka Itihaas]

by Ramachandra Guha, Sushant Jha (translator), रामचंद्र गुहा

A magisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi is a breathtaking chronicle of the brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation and the extraordinary factors that have held it together. An intricately researched and elegantly written epic history peopled with larger-than-life characters, it is the work of a major scholar at the peak of his abilities.

Ramachandra Guha's "India After Gandhi" was translated in Hindi in two volumes, "Bharat Gandhi Ke Baad" and "Bharat Nehru Ke Baad", by Sushant Jha.

Genres: History

530 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2012

About the author

Ramachandra Guha was born in Dehradun in 1958, and educated in Delhi and Calcutta. He has taught at the University of Oslo, Stanford, and Yale, and at the Indian Institute of Science. He has been a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and also served as the Indo-American Community Chair Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

After a peripatetic academic career, with five jobs in ten years on three continents, Guha settled down to become a full-time writer based in Bangalore. His books cover a wide range of themes, including a global history of environmentalism, a biography of an anthropologist-activist, a social history of Indian cricket, and a social history of Himalayan peasants.

Guha’s books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. The prizes they have won include the U.K. Cricket Society’s Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History.

Reviews

[Satyam Pandey · Rating 4 out of 5]

यह पुस्तक भारत के नेहरू के उपरांत हुए, राजनीतिक हलचल, विकास को प्रदर्शित करती है। 1962 में चीन से युद्ध के उपरांत भारत की अर्थव्यवस्था चरमरा सी गई, इसका सबसे ज्यादा दुःख नेहरू को हुआ,जो उनके लिए असहनीय था। भारतीय राजनीति को विश्व के बुद्धिजीवियों के विचार से लेकर भारत में हो रहे हरेक गतिविधियों को प्रदशित किया गया हैं।यह 1964 से लेकर 2007 तक कि महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं का संग्रह है,जिसमें राजनीतिक पहलुओं पर विशेष बल दिया गया है। बहुत से घटनाओं का ज़िक्र दिनांक के साथ है,जो एक कम्पटीशन के छात्रों के लिए या किसी भी उत्सुक पाठक के लिए महत्वपूर्ण है।
कुछ घटनाओं का चित्रण थोड़ा विस्तृत रूप से करने की जरूरत थी बादजूद इसके यह पुस्तक किसी भी पाठक को 1964 के उपरांत की राजनीतिक समझ दिल सकती है।

[Vasudevah Survam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ramchandra Guha ...well after all half reading this book looks like ….he is a true Secular writer of the "Indira" history rather than India history....Actually I would suggest the writer to name the book as "Indira after Nehru"...And there is reason for that well skipping all those blunders did by Nehru it was easy for the writer to not to say much on defense....Also the way he has described the Hindu Vs Sikh in Punjab just before 1984 government sponsored tragedy ...I don't see his eagerness of describing the Hindu Exodus from Kashmir in much detail....and in simple terms one can say that "Hinduon ko Gaali auron ko Taali " term fits for this writer.....Well he did a great job while in doing that.... In Kashmir when Hindu Pundits were killed and with mass murderer activities this writer skips that part just writing there were terrorism activities increased...Shame on this author....and regarding giving this book four star ...is because everyone must read the book so as to know How a ""Sickular Masnik Rogi" can write the history of india…...he also seems to defend the emergency put by Indira however on the same he tries to say that it was a mistake....He also some time blames directly RSS for some of the terror activities without any substantial evidence....and on the same account he fails to identify the terror of so called very Peaceful Minority religion....well I will keep updating as I go ahead..Just was curious of this Darbari Patrkar what he has written

[Amit Tiwary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well researched. It summarizes all the event of the last 3-4 decades. Yes, at times, it feels that the details are very less but then this book never claimed to have detailed documentation on the events. The last chapter was unnecessary(?).

This is a must read if you read about modern Indian history.

[கிராமத்தான் சரவணன் · Rating 3 out of 5]

அனைத்து இந்தியர்களாலும் படிக்கப்படவேண்டிய புத்தகம் இது.

[Yokes kumarasamy]

finest book about Indian history. Must read

[Ajay Kumar · Rating 2 out of 5]

I expected more from the author rather than an account of events splashed across 5 decades that failed to convey to me how the country changed after Nehru.
Nothing in this book can't be found online. The author seems to stray from the topic too often and seems to have added his own biases. There is too much hopium interspersed within horrific retelling.
Needless to say, this book can well be avoided. I think a more focussed book on specific events will help like the biography on P V Narasimha Rao that shed a ton on light on the turmoil that he as a Prime Minister and the country faced during one of the most interesting and transformative period of our country.

[Shreyasi Sur · Rating 3 out of 5]

After "India After Gandhi"..this is another phenomenal book by Ramchandra Guha. I don't know if there's an English version available but I read it in Hindi.
The book has historical stories about Neheru and congress at that point and by those he defines how India was at that point. It's a book a highly recommend and there's also an audiobook available in YouTube if you can't find the book.
People who have read India after Gandhi should read this one too.

[Abhishek]

Finest books

[Shafali Garhewal · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book