There are few biographies, at least in the English language, that do justice to the tall stature of independent India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri. Historians and other chroniclers have largely ignored him or given him secondary preference. There could be two reasons for this apathy.

Understanding one of India’s Finest Prime Ministers

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Bharatiya idea of India is the message that Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj authentically conveys in his path-breaking work titled "Discovering India through the Bharatiya Lens: Breaking the Colonial and Marxist Myth." Putting forth a cognitive distinction...

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