Indian politics is a riveting drama of interesting personalities, ideas in conflict, intrigues, serious policy-making and more. But there are few books that offer a comprehensive view of what has transpired in the name of politics in India in the last 60 years. India Since Independence is a work of political history shorn of academic jargon and rich in details.

The Crest Edition—The Times of India, 3 April 2010

A sound and exhaustive narrative of ‘high politics’ in Independent India, … this book is useful for students and general readers alike. Two things about the organisation of the book and writing style of the author are noteworthy. The subject has been chronologically, not thematically, treated. This has its own advantage. Someone interested ...

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