How long does it take to read India After Gandhi?
India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha takes about 16 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 22 minutes
A long haul
First published 2007. 893 pages, about 245,575 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This remarkable book tells the full story--the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories--of the world's largest and least likely democracy. Social historian Guha writes of the protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free India, but also of the factors and processes that have kept the country together (and kept it democratic), defying numerous prophets of doom who believed that it would break up or come under autocratic rule. This story of modern India is peopled with extraordinary characters: Guha gives fresh insights on the lives and public careers of the long-serving prime ministers, but also writes with feeling and sensitivity about the major provincial leaders and other lesser known (though not necessarily less important) Indians--peasants, tribals, women, workers and musicians.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Political History, Histoire, History, Politics and government, India, politics and government
