An essay on the topic Gandhiji and Nationalism : The path to Independence . Word limit 800 words.
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Explanation:
The history of nationalism in India is at once intricate and complex. And, there is no dearth of books on the subject. Yet, Irfan Habib's book stands out for its precision, depth of analysis and, more importantly, its perspective. The perspective is Marxian, but in many places it makes remarkable departure from the current Marxist studies.
The first essay, “Gandhiji: A Life”, which traces the happenings that eventually led to Gandhi evolving into a “great man”, starts with his fight for the basic rights of the Indian settlers in South Africa in the last decade of the 19th century. In Habib's view, it was a remarkable instance of mobilisation of the poor on modern lines, “the like of which had not till then been seen even in India