TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paranjape, Makarand. R. 
TI  - The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi
SN  - 978-0143427599
U1  - GNDH 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - .
PB  - Penguin India
KW  - Asia
KW  - Asian History
KW  - Death-Gandhi
KW  - History-Inda
KW  - India
KW  - Mahtama Gandhi
KW  - Political History
N1  - The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi is an explosive and original analysis of the assassination of the ‘Father of the Nation’. Who is responsible for the Mahatma’s death? Just one determined zealot, the larger ideology that supported him, the Congress-led Government that failed to protect him, or a vast majority of Indians and their descendants who considered Gandhi irrelevant, and endorsed violence instead? Paranjape’s meticulous study culminates in his reading of Gandhi’s last six months in Delhi where, from the very edge of the grave, he wrought what was perhaps his greatest miracle – the saving of Delhi and thus of India itself from the internecine bloodshed of Partition. Paranjape, taking a cue from the Mahatma himself, also shows us a way to expiate our guilt and to heal the wounds of an ancient civilization torn into two. This is a brilliant, far-reaching and profound exploration of the meaning of the Mahatma’s death
ER  -