Rahul's ideas of India

Sugata Srinivasaraju's book explores Rahul Gandhi's ideas on violence, power, religion, spirituality, democracy, and the Constitution, offering both fascinating and problematic insights

Strange Burdens: The Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi

Author: Sugata Srinivasaraju

Publisher: Penguin Random House

Pages: 302

Price: Rs 699

Let us be clear. This book is not a biography of Rahul Gandhi. Nor is it an uncritical hagiography designed to serve a political agenda. It is an interpretation of the politics of Rahul Gandhi. And it navigates extremely hazardous territory with literary erudition, kindness and humanity.

The landscape is hard to traverse because there is so little to go on. There is no authorised biography of Rahul Gandhi and although his party, family and friends have tried to put his politics in