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082			_a320.092 _bPRA
100			_aPrasad,Bimal
245			_aDream of revolution: a biography of Jayaprakash Narayan
260			_bPenguin Random House, _c2021 _aGurugram:
300			_axv, 271p. ; _bhb, _c24 cm.
365			_aINR _b799.00
504			_aIncludes notes and bibliography
520			_aFew figures in modern India have enjoyed such acclaim and adoration as Jayaprakash Narayan. And yet, he has been equally vilified for all that went wrong in the unfinished post-colonial movement for freedom and democracy. Jayaprakash Narayan, or JP as he was universally known, epitomized the Marxian and Gandhian styles of political engagement, and famously brought a powerful government to its knees. Throughout his life, he channelled an emotional hunger for transformative politics, jettisoned easy options, shunned power and incubated revolutionary ideas. A comprehensive study of JP’s life and ideas-from the radicalism of his thought process at American university campuses in the 1920s to his political coming of age in the 1930s and subsequent disenchantment with Gandhi’s leadership; from his infectious confidence about the future of socialism to his seemingly naive plans to outmanoeuvre powerful forces within the Congress; from his fractious friendship with Jawaharlal Nehru to his relentless crusade against the stifling of dissent-The Dream of Revolution, Bimal and Sujata Prasad’s rigorously researched biography of JP, dispenses with clichés, questions commonly held perceptions and pushes the limits of what a biographical portrait is capable of. Rich in anecdotes and never-before-told stories, this book explores the ambiguities and ironies of a life lived at the barricades, and one man’s unremitting quest to usher in a society based on equality and freedom.
650			_aPolitical Science
650			_aPolitical aspects
650			_aMarxian and Gandhian styles - Political engagement
650			_aPolitical culture
650			_aAutobiography - Jayaprakash Narayan - JP
700			_aPrasad, Sujata _eCo-author
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