India After Gandhi

Sadly almost every Indian I've met isn't well informed about anything that happened in India after 1947, the year India became independent. History stops there because that's the final page of high school history textbooks. An uninformed electorate leads to uninformed policy, like "encouraging" the use of a single language throughout the country. If I were dictator, I'd require every Indian to read this book.

on HN, 2017

You can’t really understand your country if you don’t know it’s history. History stopped in 1947 according to our history books, and most people are blissfully unaware of what came after. They don’t know how close India came to losing democracy or how easily it could happen again. They don’t understand the dangers of promoting one language at the expense of others because they don’t know that it’s been tried before. Every Indian needs to know so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past over and over.

on HN, 2019

As the author says history ends for many Indians with freedom. Very good chronicles. Started appreciating Nehru more.

on HN, 2017

Sneak peak into some Indian History and political environment after Independence, events leading to formation of states etc.

on HN, 2023