India after Gandhi
Source amzn.inI often tell my friends that I’m white at heart because I know far more about American and European history than Indian history, and it’s a shameful fact that I’m working to fix.
One of the books I bought a while ago was Ramachandra Guha’s India After Gandhi, which I hadn’t got around to reading. I finally picked it up, and it’s really good—riveting, to say the least.
Reading the book made me realize that if most Indians knew how this great nation came to be, how it persisted, and how it had to navigate perilous realities in its early days, they would have a stronger sense of pride. They’d have a stronger sense of togetherness and camaraderie with their fellow Indians, instead of being the sheep that we are in a lot of instances, played by the powers that be to further their own narrow political interests.
The book is also a reminder of the importance of knowing history, because it shows just how small our thoughts can be, and the emptiness of a lot of our ideas and ideologies.
Nearby leaves, connected by subject and form.