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Ramachandra Guha

    April 29, 1958

    Ramachandra Guha is a distinguished author whose works explore a wide range of subjects, from the global history of environmentalism to the social history of Indian cricket. His writing is deeply rooted in social history, examining human narratives within broader historical and environmental contexts. Guha is known for his incisive analytical approach and his ability to blend scholarly rigor with compelling storytelling. His work, translated into numerous languages, offers readers rich insights into significant societal and environmental issues.

    The Commonwealth of Cricket
    Gandhi Before India
    Social Ecology
    India After Gandhi
    Gandhi 1914-1948
    India After Gandhi
    • 2025

      Speaking with Nature

      The Origins of Indian Environmentalism

      • 440 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      This groundbreaking study explores the development of environmentalism in a non-Euro-American context, offering fresh insights into its historical and cultural significance. The author, a prominent historian, delves into the unique factors that shaped environmental movements in this region, examining local responses to ecological challenges and the interplay between society and the environment. Through comprehensive research, the book sheds light on the global dimensions of environmentalism, enriching our understanding of its diverse manifestations around the world.

      Speaking with Nature
    • 2025

      The Cooking of Books

      A Literary Memoir

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      The book explores the enduring relationship between an author and his editor, highlighting their four-decade-long correspondence filled with intellectual exchanges and debates. It delves into the dynamics of their partnership, showcasing how their interactions have shaped both their work and personal lives over the years. Through letters, the narrative reveals insights into the creative process and the profound impact of collaboration in the literary world.

      The Cooking of Books
    • 2024

      It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring.

      The Cooking of Books
    • 2022
    • 2020
    • 2019

      India After Gandhi

      The History of the World's Largest Democracy

      • 992 pages
      • 35 hours of reading

      The book offers a comprehensive examination of post-Partition India, highlighting the complexities and challenges faced by the nation since gaining independence. Written by a significant and often contentious figure in literature, it provides insights into the political, social, and cultural transformations that have shaped modern India over the past six decades. This definitive history aims to provoke thought and discussion about the country's journey and its ongoing struggles.

      India After Gandhi
    • 2019

      Gandhi 1914-1948

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      This comprehensive biography of Gandhi, praised by notable critics, explores his impactful life from South Africa to his assassination in 1948. It highlights his revolutionary tactics against the British Raj and his influence during a tumultuous era, offering new insights and a dramatic portrayal of his journey and legacy.

      Gandhi 1914-1948
    • 2014

      Gandhi Before India

      • 688 pages
      • 25 hours of reading

      The life of Mohandas Gandhi is one of the most remarkable of the modern era. In this fascinating new biography Ramachandra Guha allows us to understand the personality and politics of Mohandas Gandhi as never before. Showing that Gandhi's ideas were fundamentally shaped before his return to India in 1915, 'Gandhi Before India' is the extraordinarily vivid portrait of the formative years he spent in England and South Africa, where he developed the techniques that would undermine and ultimately destroy the British Empire.

      Gandhi Before India
    • 2014

      Makers of Modern Asia

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(220)Add rating

      The twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, Makers of Modern Asia presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems.

      Makers of Modern Asia
    • 2007

      The definitive history of modern India in a new third edition, featuring extensive new material, published to mark the 75th anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

      India After Gandhi