Interview – Ramchandra Guha

I suppose Dr Manmohan Singh represents the modern idiom, and someone like Medha Patkar the saintly idiom. However, most important or successful leaders nowadays practice one or other version of identity politics—and thus would qualify as ‘traditional’ in the terms of Morris-Jones. Caste, region, religion—these continue to shape and define how politicians win elections and how they run their administrations.

Chandrahas at The Middle Stage talks to Ramchandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi. I am currently plowing through this interesting book and only wish the interview had been longer especially with the bits Guha edited out.