Rajesh Baghel

Books News Videos Images Shopping Maps Flights Finance All filters Feedback Tools हिंदी में खोजें द डिस्कवरी ऑफ इंडिया रिव्यूज The Discovery of India / Reviews Ratings 4.6/5 Amazon.in 4.1/5 Goodreads Audience rating summary 5 4 3 2 1 4.3 231 ratings Rate and review Rajesh Baghel Posting publicly. What do you think of this book? Audience reviews Filter by All Prakash Venkatesh 2 years ago you can discover India if you read the Discovery of India thoroughly.As of now,every citizen must buy and read it in the wake of communalist crony capitalist politics of on going INDIAN political turmoil. Being a rational p0litical thinker.his socialist thoughts are absolutely necessary and imperat ...More 63 people found this helpful. Laxmi Pilania a year ago you can discover India if you read the Discovery of India thoroughly.As of now,every citizen must buy and read it in the wake of communalist crony capitalist politics of on going INDIAN political turmoil. Being a rational p0litical thinker.his socialist thoughts are absolutely necessary and imperat ...More 21 people found this helpful. ashok prabhakar 2 years ago While I appreciate his efforts, considering the environment & conditions under which this book was written, it has been written more with western readers in mind than Indians. The comparisons with contemporary artists, writers and scholars is a clear indication of that. Although JLN delved into ancient Indian history but the western influence on his thought process is clearly visible where he almost despises things Indian. What stands out is his reverence for the Chinese civilisation and a blind faith in them. China was later placed at the high seat of permanent member in Security Council based on this recommendation. Similarly from hindsight we know how Tibet was overrun and we had to suffer a humiliating defeat in 1962 because of this mental block. If only he was more pragmatic and had sought advice of his council of ministers, probably Indian History post Independence,would have been different