Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee <br/><br/>
NEHRU AND THE SPIRIT OF INDIA  

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 - Haryana  Penguin Random House  2022/01/01 
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<br/><br/> From the 'politics of friendship' between Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah, Nehru's defense of secularism in the Constituent Assembly Debates, to what propelled Nehru to curb free speech in the First Amendment, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee draws from political history to illuminate fierce debates in India today: Kashmir, the CAA, and hate speech. Be it contemporary events like the miracle of Ganesha drinking milk and the use of Vedic astrology in Chandrayaan-2, or the agonising suicide of a doctor, the author examines the fractured nature of Indian modernity, which Nehru had suggestively called a 'garb'. Bhattacharjee bolsters Nehru's view that India is enriched by the encounter of cultures and that we must not discard the past, but engage with it.<br/><br/>As a second-generation refugee, Bhattacharjee argues for a 'minoritarian' approach to national politics. Breaking ideological and disciplinary protocols, he compels us to learn from the insights of poets and thinkers. Lucidly written, this provocative book offers an original perspective on Nehru and Indian history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670094233 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Purchased  Current Books, Convent Rd, Cochin 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jawaharlal Nehru-Former Prime Minister-India<br/>Politics and History<br/>Nehru 1947-1964<br/>Political History & Nehru's Political ideas<br/>Nehru's Political Ideas and Thoughts<br/>Nehru- Debates<br/>India's political and Cultural History<br/>Nehru- Political Philosophy- Memoir
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.042092  / MAN/NE