{"product_id":"the-dream-of-revolution-a-biography-of-jayaprakash-narayan-hardback-1","title":"The Dream of Revolution : A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan - Hardback","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFew figures in modern India have enjoyed such acclaim and adoration as Jayaprakash Narayan. And yet, he has been equally vilified for all that went wrong in the unfinished post-colonial movement for freedom and democracy. Jayaprakash Narayan, or JP as he was universally known, epitomized the Marxian and Gandhian styles of political engagement, and famously brought a powerful government to its knees. Throughout his life, he channelled an emotional hunger for transformative politics, jettisoned easy options, shunned power and incubated revolutionary ideas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA comprehensive study of JP's life and ideas-from the radicalism of his thought process at American university campuses in the 1920s to his political coming of age in the 1930s and subsequent disenchantment with Gandhi's leadership; from his infectious confidence about the future of socialism to his seemingly naive plans to outmanoeuvre powerful forces within the Congress; from his fractious friendship with Jawaharlal Nehru to his relentless crusade against the stifling of dissent-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dream of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Bimal and Sujata Prasad's rigorously researched biography of JP, dispenses with clichés, questions commonly held perceptions and pushes the limits of what a biographical portrait is capable of.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRich in anecdotes and never-before-told stories, this book explores the ambiguities and ironies of a life lived at the barricades, and one man's unremitting quest to usher in a society based on equality and freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39502724923458,"sku":"","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9780670096176.jpg?v=1631420181","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-dream-of-revolution-a-biography-of-jayaprakash-narayan-hardback-1","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}