The Nehrus and the Gandhis
The Nehrus and the Gandhis

Author: Tariq Ali

Publisher: Picador USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780330438391

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The Nehrus are a dynasty without precedent in the modern world; nowhere else and at no other time in recent history has a single family wielded such enduring and pervasive power over the country – and the electorate – they serve. From Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter, Indira Gandhi, and from there, via Sanjay and Rajiv to – most recently – Sonia, this remarkable family have consistently established both the parameters and rhetoric of India’s political development. In the eighties, Tariq Ali made several trips to India, meeting a wide range of political and public figures, including Mrs Gandhi, and leaders of both the Congress and Opposition parties. The Nehrus and the Gandhis, first published in 1985, was the result. Now updated to include the most recent chapters in India’s political history, it remains as relevant as ever, offering an intricate and revealing portrait of power, seen through the continued rise – and eyes – of one family.

The Dynasty
The Dynasty

Author: Jad Adams

Publisher: NAL

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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India, the largest democracy in the world, has for almost all its existence been ruled by the members of a single family. This biography tells of the Nehru family's 'tryst with destiny', a story of suffering and assassination that is not yet over.

Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi

Author: Nicholas Nugent

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Six years ago, Rajiv Gandhi found himself at the helm of a country of 800 m people. A former airline pilot, he had never been a cabinet minister and, indeed, had never aspired to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, Jawarharlal Nehru, and his mother, Indira Gandhi.

Nehru
Nehru

Author: Judith M. Brown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1317874765

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Judith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and provides an assessment of his leadership at the head of a newly independent India with no tradition of democratic politics.

Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi
Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi

Author: Katherine Frank

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2010-07-08

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 0007372507

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The definitive and first non-partisan biography of one of the most formidable political figures of the twentieth century (voted Woman of the Millennium in a BBC poll, 2000)

The Dynasty
The Dynasty

Author: S. S. Gill

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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The first 40 years of post-independence India were dominated by the Nehru-Gandhi family. This biography covers this era in all its bewildering diversity and shows the decisive contribution made by the dynasty towards the shaping of modern India.

Democratic Dynasties
Democratic Dynasties

Author: Kanchan Chandra

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-28

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 131659212X

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Dynastic politics, usually presumed to be the antithesis of democracy, is a routine aspect of politics in many modern democracies. This book introduces a new theoretical perspective on dynasticism in democracies, using original data on twenty-first-century Indian parliaments. It argues that the roots of dynastic politics lie at least in part in modern democratic institutions - states and parties - which give political families a leg-up in the electoral process. It also proposes a rethinking of the view that dynastic politics is a violation of democracy, showing that it can also reinforce some aspects of democracy while violating others. Finally, this book suggests that both reinforcement and violation are the products, not of some property intrinsic to political dynasties, but of the institutional environment from which those dynasties emerge.