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Bhavuk’s Review of Nehru’s India by Aditya Mukherjee

Saturday 7 December 2024

[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]

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Nehru’s India: Past, Present and Future
by Aditya Mukherjee

Vintage Books
Penguin (25 November 2024)
Hardcover: 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143471953
ISBN-13 : 978-0143471950

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Reviewed by Bhavuk

An Appraisal of Nehru In Our Times

Seeing the 14th of November pass uneventfully, one felt dejected that Nehru was not being discussed at such a crucial time for Indian democracy. Aditya Mukherjee’s book Nehru’s India: Past, Present and Future (2024) comes at just the right time, waking the academics out of their deep slumber on Nehru, independent India’s first prime minister. This book germinated from Prof. Mukherjee