
Gandhi’s Assassin Helped Build the Forces Ruling India Today
Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948 shocked the newly independent India. Seventy-five years later, the assassin’s associates are now in power and dismantling secular democracy.
Dhirendra Jha is a Delhi-based journalist. He is the author of a number of books on India’s politics including Shadow Armies: Fringe Organizations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva.
Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948 shocked the newly independent India. Seventy-five years later, the assassin’s associates are now in power and dismantling secular democracy.