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100			_aPrasad, Bimal.
245			_aThe Dream of Revolution : _bA Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan / _cBimal Prasad and Sujata Prasad.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aGurugram, Haryana, India : _bVintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House, _c2021.
300			_axv, 271 p. : _bill ; _c24 cm
505			_t1. The formative years _t2. Evolution of political life _t3. The Congress Socialist years _t4. The making of a national hero _t5. Parting of ways _t6. Emergence of new fault lines _t7. From Socialism to Sarvodaya _t8. The sting in the tail _t9. Hope in dark times _t10. The death of a dream.
520			_aFew 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 channeled an emotional hunger for transformative politics, jettisoned easy options, shunned power and incubated revolutionary ideas. A 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-The Dream of Revolution, 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. Rich 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.
650			_aNarayan, Jayaprakash, -- 1902-1979.
650			_a India -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
650			_aPolitics and Government.
650			_aIndia.
650			_aBiography.
690			_aGratis.
700			_aPrasad, Sujata.
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