{"product_id":"bose-the-untold-story-of-an-inconvenient-nationalist-penguin-books-indian-history-biographies-hardcover","title":"Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist Penguin Books, Indian History \u0026 Biographies - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChandrachur Ghose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A comprehensive and gripping narrative'---Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A must-read'---\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandeep Unnithan, managing editor, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndia Today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These often revolve around his resignation from the Indian Civil Service, joining the freedom movement, to be exiled twice for over seven years, throwing a challenge to the Gandhian leadership in the Congress, taking up an extremist position against the British Raj, evading the famed intelligence network to travel to Europe and then to Southeast Asia, forming two Governments and raising two armies and then disappearing into the unknown. All this in a span of just two decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, new information throws light on Bose's intense political activities surrounding the revolutionary groups in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and United Provinces, his efforts to bridge the increasing communal divide and his influence among the splintered political landscape; his outlook and relations with women; his plunge into the depths of spirituality; his penchant for covert operations and his efforts to engineer a rebellion among the Indian armed forces. With this new information, what appeared to be dramatic now becomes more intense with plots and subplots under one man's single-minded focus on freeing the motherland and envisioning its development in a new era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Furthermore, one of the most sensitive issues that have prevented political parties and successive governments from talking much about Bose is his joining the Axis camp. While Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress leaders publicly denounced the move, the Communist Party of India went on to a prolonged vilification campaign. Sardar Patel issued instruction to Congress leaders to defend the INA soldiers without eulogizing their leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Was Bose really a Nazi sympathiser? Knowing very well about the strong public opinion that existed among the political leadership and the intelligentsia in India against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan, why did he risk his own political image by allying with the Axis powers? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pacey, thought-provoking and absolutely unputdownable, \u003ci\u003eBose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist \u003c\/i\u003ewill open a window to many hitherto untold and unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eProbably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChandrachur Ghose is an author, researcher and commentator on history, economics and environment, having graduated from Visva Bharati and the University of Sussex. Ghose has co-authored \u003ci\u003eConundrum: Subhas Bose's Life After Death\u003c\/i\u003e, which features among the bestsellers in Amazon. Ghose is one of the founders of the pressure group Mission Netaji that has been the moving force behind the declassification of secret documents related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. His activism led to the declassification of over ten thousand pages in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.4 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766089515296,"sku":"9780670096008","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a56297b1eb809676d0b211d61bb39f87.webp?v=1780285175","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bose-the-untold-story-of-an-inconvenient-nationalist-penguin-books-indian-history-biographies-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}