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020			_a978-0143427599
082			_aGNDH _bPAR
100			_aParanjape, Makarand. R.
245		4	_aThe Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi
260			_a. _bPenguin India _c2015
300			_a348p. _rPaperback
504			_aThe 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.
650			_aAsia
650			_aAsian History
650			_aDeath-Gandhi
650			_aHistory-Inda
650			_aIndia
650			_aMahtama Gandhi
650			_aPolitical History
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