Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian and economist whose
research interests include environmental, social, economics,
political, contemporary and cricket history. He is also a columnist
for The Telegraph, Hindustan Times and Hindi Daily Newspaper Amar
Ujala.
Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty
languages. The prizes they have won include the UK Cricket
Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American
Society of Environmental History. In 2008, Prospect and Foreign
Policy magazines nominated Guha as one of the world's one hundred
most influential intellectuals. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma
Bhushan for services to literature and education. In 2015, he was
awarded the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian culture and
scholarship.
‘A narrative of startling originality … his excitement at
discovering a forgotten chapter of Indian history is contagious …
As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly
polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this
one’
Sam Dalrymple, Spectator ‘Fascinating and provocative … Guha
organises his material expertly and presents it clearly and
stylishly, illuminating an aspect of Raj history which is often
forgotten or neglected but which is nonetheless crucial for an
understanding both of present-day India and of Britons’ complex and
ambivalent past relationship to this ‘jewel’ in their collective
crown. This superb book does them justice, as well as adding a new
dimension to the histories both of subject India and of imperial
Britain – and being a thoroughly good read’
Literary Review ‘Guha has done well to remind us of these forgotten
stories, all the more as India, like much of the world, is becoming
more xenophobic and intolerant, believing all the virtues lie in
national frontiers’
Irish Times ‘Illuminating and engaging … Guha’s wide-ranging
research and lucid narration brings to life these men and women …
Rebels Against the Raj, however, makes a larger, more important and
incisive point. Guha calls the lives and work of these rebels a
morality tale for the world we now inhabit – a world incandescent
with xenophobia and jingoism, and full of contempt for thoughts and
ideas that a culture can imbibe from outside its borders’
New Statesman ‘Eminently readable and dazzling … Painstakingly
researched, this is history writing at its best. It is indeed a
masterly study of hitherto neglected western figures of modern
India and opens a new way of engaging with the complex fault-lines
between nationalism and imperialism, between India and the West …
Guha’s outstanding work … couldn’t be more relevant. Every Indian
should read this book’
The Tribune
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