TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guha Ramachandra
TI  - Patriots and partisans
SN  - 9780143421146
AV  - DS480 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Penguin Books
N1  - PART- I DEBATING DEMOCRACY
1. Redeeming the Republic
2. A Short History of Congress Chamchagiri
3. Hindutva Hate Mail
4. The Past and Future of Indian Left
5. The Professor and the Protestor 
6. Gandhi's Faith and Ours
7. Verdicts on Nehru: The Rise and Fall of Reputation 
8. An Asian Clash of Civilizations?
    The Sin-Indian Conflict Revisited 
9. The Beauty of Compromise

PART- II THE WORD AND THE WORLD
10. The Rise and Fall of the Bilingual Intellectual 
11. Pluralism in the Indian University
12. In Nehru's House: A Story of Scholarship and Sycophancy
13. Life with a Duchess: A Personal history of the Oxford University Press
14. Turning Crimson at Premier's
15. The Gentle Colossus: Krishna Raj and the EPW
N2  - 

‘I am a person of moderate views,’ writes Ramachandra Guha, ‘these sometimes expressed in extreme fashion.’ In this wide-ranging and wonderfully readable collection of essays, Guha defends the liberal centre against the dogmas of left and right, and does so with style, depth, and polemical verve. The book begins with a brilliant overview of the major threats to the Indian Republic. Other essays turn a critical eye on Hindutva, the Communist left, and the dynasty-obsessed Congress party.

The essays in Part II of this book focus on writers and scholars, and include some sparkling portraits. Whether writing about politics or culture, whether profiling individuals or analysing social trends, Ramachandra Guha displays a masterly touch, confirming his standing as India’s most admired historian and public intellectual
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