A special triumph is the fresh life it brings to the fascinating personal and political relationship between Anna and his formidable mentor, the iconoclastic social reformer Periyar. uses it sources well and keeps a critical distance from its subject and the movement he led. Annadurai admirably fills an intriguing gaap – the absence of a reliable biography of one of the most interesting, attractive, and consequential of modern India’s Political leaders, whose legacy is no less than the permanent transformation of Tamil Nadu’s socio-political landscape, the ascendancy of the federal idea and a whole new democratic language of connecting of the masses. Every thinking Indian should be aware of it, and there could be no better source in the English language to understand Anna’s contribution in shaping our India than fine book’ – Shashi Tharoor The impact of Anna’s life and message still endures. It brings to life a giant of our age who deserves to be far better known outside his native Tamil Nadu.
Annadurai is a landmark in the annals of contemporary Indian political biography. Thoroughly researched, engagingly written, combining analytical rigour with anecdotal verve, R.
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