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This-short-biography-examines-a-great-figure-of-twentieth-century-nationalism-from-the-vantage-point-of-the-beginning-of-the-twenty-first.-Deftly-weaving-personal-facets-with-historical-events,-it-tells-the-fascinating-story-of-Jawaharlal-Nehru-aristocrat,-socialist,-anti-imperialist,-foremost-disciple-of-Gandhi,-diehard-secularist-and-India’s-first-prime-minister,-who-sought-to-educate-the-Indian-masses-in-democracy-by-his-own-personal-example.-Shashi-Tharoor-also-analyses-the-principal-pillars-of-Nehru’s-legacy-to-India,-all-of-which-were-integral-to-a-vision-of-Indianness-that-is-fundamentally-contested-today.
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