-An important contribution - Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic - and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today-Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious EmpireA history of Nehru that dives deep into the debates of his era to understand his ideology - and that of his contemporaries and opponents, asking what India would look like had another bold young mind with fiercely held views led during the country-s formative years of independence.Sixty years after the death of Jawaharal Nehru, the independence activist and first prime minister of India continues to be deified and vilified in equal measure. And still in contemporary political debate, the ideological spectrum remains defined by the degree of divergence from Nehru-s ideas. With the Nehruvian ideals increasingly juxtaposed against the positions of Nehru-s erstwhile contemporaries and questions ask
