Publisher's Synopsis
This short biography examines a great figure of twentieth-century nationalism form the vantage point of the beginning of the twenty-first. The books analyses the principle pillars of Nehru's legacy to India. Democratic institution building, staunch pan India secularism, socialist economics at home and a foreign policy of non-alignment. Beautifully written with fresh insights, this book offers, a reinterpretation of an extraordinary man and his times.
