The Discovery Of India

I cannot possible do justice review in a few words this great book and I am not capable enough to review such a great work as this. I can say Nehru was a genius and there is no doubt about it once one reads this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It's a huge book around 700 pages. This book will definitely shape the way we think about India and also life as such, since there is also lot of philosophy inthis book. This book would move you emotionally. In the era where people blindly ape the west, this book tries to take us to our roots just what the title of the book says. It shows us how advanced a civilization indians were, when compared to the Greeks or Romans. What were the contributions of India to the world. It also tells us where and how we failed in the modern times and tries to explain what we need to do to reclaim that glory. This book touches everything from the harrappa mohenjodaro times to the time just before we got independence. This book combines history, philosophy and a little bit of biography as well. This book also discusses the problems faced by India, including that of partition and also the world issues. It discusses the possible solutions to it. The epilogue is so poetic, emotional and beautiful, that it almost made me cry and I didn't want the book to end. This book deserves to be read more than once and should be read by every Indian. I would definitely do that.

Paper quality is good to read, good binding, surely go for it.

The book was slightly damaged and overall was a decent read

Five star no need for a review

This is one book which every Indian must read in his lifetime. It not about india's history but its true character and its evolution articulated by Pandit Nehru in a most candid, critical and an easy to comprehend language...

See this is not a fake review. I am a genuine customer and I have also bought this book for first time and my experience of this good and the service by Amazon is very nice. I would recommend you also to use this book this book give great reference of Jawaharlal Nehru and teaches us more about India

Nice book. Excellent cover and print quality. You canot ask for more in this price. What a towering intellectual Nehru was!! If you want to educate yourself and the next generation about our past, this should be the one to have in your bucket list.

Nehru was to India what a mother is to her newborn child. That's why he still lives in our hearts. He created institutions that still hold inspite of the numerous assaults they have faced. You may or may not agree to what all he said in the book. and that would be absolutely ok with him. Nehru loved this country. He did what was best for it, given the circumstances. When we see tinpot leaders of today, respect for Nehru becomes even greater.

Great read, come across very biased but most booked do

Pandit Nehru is a scholar with a soft touch. His work is throroughly analytical and candid, yet lyrical in its tone which makes for easy reading. This book is a page turner once you relax and get into the right frame of mind, which I must admit takes a little bit of time. But once you do that it is therapeutic, no less. Sunil Khilnani, Professor of South Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, writes in the Introduction (which is generally very positive about the book), how Pandit Nehru's usage of terms like "racial memory" jar in today's world. On the contrary, I feel that his usage of such terms is very apt, and very Indian. It shows how acknowledging our own histories and genetic dispositions is not antithetical to, but part and parcel of mutual understanding and of communal harmony. This book is an eye-opener for many Indians, in India and abroad, who have fallen into the fold of the Hindutva ideology that aims to bring India in line with globally prevalent nationalistic tendencies based on religious conservatism, as practiced in America for example. Discovery of India is a reminder that the Indian freedom movement was driven by nationalism of a superior kind, that while deeply knowledgable and assertive of its national character, was still open minded about absorbing international influences and cared about humankind as a whole. Makes me proud that this man was my first Prime Minister.

I usually do not buy Penguin classic books because of pathetic paper quality and smudged printing - but this was an exception. Very good binding, very good cover, thick paper and great printing quality. Very happy with my purchase.

A book with many high values.

Excellent!