An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence
in India Nehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new
interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing
from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor
Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first
prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion
of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the
ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with his
premiership-nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the
strong state, and high modernism-have lost their explanatory power.
They have become myths. Sherman examines seminal projects from the
time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and
fresh case studies, including India's continued engagement with
overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the
transformations in industry and social life brought about by
bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the
consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election
campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions.
The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals,
such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign
policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the
rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh.
Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in
Indian history, Nehru's India offers a fresh and definitive
exploration of the nation's early postcolonial era.
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