The ‘first draft’ of the recent history

 

In The Psychology of a Patriot, Saket Suman traces the meaning of patriotism through a readable, often anecdotal account of India’s recent history, charting its double-edged power: a force that inspired the Independence struggle, and yet has been misused to foment intolerance and disunity. As a journalist who has written the ‘first draft’ of the recent history, Suman artfully uses the lives of some Indians, from Romila Thapar to Arundhati Roy and even myself, to delineate his vision of patriotism. Timely and important. 
—Shashi Tharoor, Noted author, MP and Former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations