Ramachandra Guha

Is Gandhi the most misunderstood individual of the 20th century? The man we know as the "Father of the Nation" has provoked the most furious arguments. Having studied Gandhi for decades, I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book, ARGUMENTS WITH GANDHI, where I examine the engagement with his ideas of a range of global figures, from Ambedkar and Nehru to Mandela and Martin Luther King.
Pre-order here: bit.ly/4zPJGHe

In his book “India’s Constitution in the Making”, the key adviser to the Constituent Assembly of India, B. N. Rau, writes: “Dr Ambedkar was very particular that the superintendence, direction and control of all elections should be vested in a non-party Commission”.

In December 2017, I published a piece arguing that LK Advani was “the most divisive politician in the history of independent India.” He would still rank in the top three. Do read:
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The North American edition of ARGUMENTS WITH GANDHI releases today. The publisher is W. W. Norton. The book is available in brick-and-mortar stores and can also be ordered online here: wwnorton.com/books/argument…

I much enjoyed speaking with the brilliant young historian Dinyar Patel on the themes of my book “Arguments with Gandhi”. Among other things, we discussed the evolution of Gandhi’s views on race and caste:
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