This Short Biography Examines A Great Figure of Twentiethcentury Nationalism From The Vantage Point of The Beginning of The Twentyfirst. Deftly Weaving Personal Facets With Historical Events, It Tells The Fascinating Story of Jawaharlal Nehruaristocrat, Socialist, antiimperialist, foremost Disciple of Gandhi, Diehard Secularist and Indias First Prime Minister, Who Sought To Educate The Indian Masses in Democracy By His Own Personal Example. Shashi Tharoor Also analyses The Principal Pillars of Nehrus Legacy To India, All of Which Were integral To A Vision of Indianness That is Fundamentally Contested Today. Product Description about The Author shashi Tharoor is The Bestselling Author of Twenty Books, Both Fiction and Nonfiction, Besides Being A Noted Critic and Columnist. His Books include The Pathbreaking Satire The Great Indian Novel 1989, The Classic India From Midnight To The Millennium 1997, The Bestselling an Era of Darkness The British Empire in India, for Which He Won The Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2016, for Books Nonfiction, and The Paradoxical Prime Minister Narendra Modi and His India. He Has Been Under Secretarygeneral of The United Nations and Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs in The Government of India. He is A Threetime Member of The Lok Sabha From Thiruvananthapuram and Chairs The Parliament information technology Committee. He Has Won Numerous Literary Awards, including A National Sahitya Akademi Award, A Commonwealth Writers Prize and The Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award. He Was Awarded The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, Indias Highest Honour for Overseas Indians, in 2004, and Honoured As New Age Politician of The Year 2010 By Ndtv.