The Discovery Of India

One of the finest works by Shri JL Nehru.A must read masterpiece to every citizen of this country who really wants to know the rich culture of this country.Should be in the course curriculum of our students.

Ultimate Book

It's good...but paper quility is not so good...

Worth having a copy. Simple english. Essay type writing.

I cannot possible do justice review in a few words this great book and I am not capable enough to review such a great work as this. I can say Nehru was a genius and there is no doubt about it once one reads this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It's a huge book around 700 pages. This book will definitely shape the way we think about India and also life as such, since there is also lot of philosophy inthis book. This book would move you emotionally. In the era where people blindly ape the west, this book tries to take us to our roots just what the title of the book says. It shows us how advanced a civilization indians were, when compared to the Greeks or Romans. What were the contributions of India to the world. It also tells us where and how we failed in the modern times and tries to explain what we need to do to reclaim that glory. This book touches everything from the harrappa mohenjodaro times to the time just before we got independence. This book combines history, philosophy and a little bit of biography as well. This book also discusses the problems faced by India, including that of partition and also the world issues. It discusses the possible solutions to it. The epilogue is so poetic, emotional and beautiful, that it almost made me cry and I didn't want the book to end. This book deserves to be read more than once and should be read by every Indian. I would definitely do that.

This book proves how legendary Nehru was. Such a beautifully written idea of India from Nehru's perspective.

Paper quality is good to read, good binding, surely go for it.

This is one book which every Indian must read in his lifetime. It not about india's history but its true character and its evolution articulated by Pandit Nehru in a most candid, critical and an easy to comprehend language...

Great read, come across very biased but most booked do

Pandit Nehru is a scholar with a soft touch. His work is throroughly analytical and candid, yet lyrical in its tone which makes for easy reading. This book is a page turner once you relax and get into the right frame of mind, which I must admit takes a little bit of time. But once you do that it is therapeutic, no less. Sunil Khilnani, Professor of South Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, writes in the Introduction (which is generally very positive about the book), how Pandit Nehru's usage of terms like "racial memory" jar in today's world. On the contrary, I feel that his usage of such terms is very apt, and very Indian. It shows how acknowledging our own histories and genetic dispositions is not antithetical to, but part and parcel of mutual understanding and of communal harmony. This book is an eye-opener for many Indians, in India and abroad, who have fallen into the fold of the Hindutva ideology that aims to bring India in line with globally prevalent nationalistic tendencies based on religious conservatism, as practiced in America for example. Discovery of India is a reminder that the Indian freedom movement was driven by nationalism of a superior kind, that while deeply knowledgable and assertive of its national character, was still open minded about absorbing international influences and cared about humankind as a whole. Makes me proud that this man was my first Prime Minister.

I usually do not buy Penguin classic books because of pathetic paper quality and smudged printing - but this was an exception. Very good binding, very good cover, thick paper and great printing quality. Very happy with my purchase.

A book with many high values.

Excellent!