Gandhi's Emissary

ISBN-13: 9780415445559 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 364 str.

Sudhir Ghosh

Opis

In 1946, at the age of 29, the author was chosen by Mahatma Gandhi to act as unofficial emissary between the British Labour Government and India in the delicate negotiations which resulted in the country's independence. His unique position enabled him to give the world a moving and informed account of the principal actors in the drama that led to the division of India and Pakistan and the creation of a parliamentary democracy in India. With the resurgence of interest and debate on Partition in India and Pakistan, and around the world, in the context of current international groupings, it is fitting that this book be brought back into circulation.

Spis treści

Preface.  Introduction Mridula Mukherjee  Part 1 Gandhi's Emissary  1. A Famous Loss of Temper  2. Gandhiji and the Seed Potatoes  3. The Loneliness of Love  4. Gandhiji and a Life of 125 Years  5. The Painful Quest for Peace  6. Salt and Political Prisoners  7. To Trust or not to trust  8. The Lonely Pilgrim  9. Gandhi, The Father  Part 2 The Nehru Era  10. A revolution That Did not Come Off  11. Building a Socialist Society  12. I Continue as a Gandhian Emissary.  Index

O autorze

Sudhir Ghosh was a politician and diplomat. He acted as an emissary between Mahatma Gandhi and the Labour Government during the discussions of 1945-47 leading to the independence of India.