![]() ![]() ![]() Though the book is a sequel, the authors’ coverage of the state of India on the eve of independence is too detailed to give any hint of this, though the continuity between pre and post independence India is carefully brought out. Unlike works preceding and succeeding it however, India Since Independence covers economic history and important socio-economic aspects (like caste, communalism and the role of women) as well. The sequel to India’s Struggle for Independence, it seeks to trace the history of India from the infant steps of the late 1940s to the onset of the new millennium. ![]() In this context, India Since Independence can be regarded as a welcome corrective. Even though the period after independence is the most familiar of historical periods, there is a dearth of good academic writing on it. ![]()
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