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These are very informal memoirs of a life at the center of India’s freedom struggle, marginalized after the partition-afflicted Independence. A country boy from UP, Ansar Harvani played a challenging part in the momentous Gandhi-Nehru-Jinnah-subhas eera, fought the two-nation activists tooth and nail, opted for secular India as his home, and represented his constituency in Indian Parliament. His career has encompassed the sub-continent’s most crucial half a ...
Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. Between them stretches a poignant era of India’s contemporary history. A unique independence movement, both militant and non-violent. Freedom at midnight. The blood-socked Partition. Consolidation backlash. A ruling dynasty. The players were unique. Gandhi, a baffing combination of Bania and Vairagi. Patel, the iron-man with his communal feet of clay. Jinnah, winner of Pakistan with the help of his stenographer. Azad, deeply ...