Review
This meticulous and detailed account of H.D. Deve Gowda's very full life that spans nearly nine decades, provides a rich treasury of insights into the politics of India since Independence. Sugata Srinivasaraju has produced a powerful and resonant book. His writing is vigorous and expressive. This is a work of scholarly exactitude, critical sympathy and warm humanity -- Jeremy Seabrook, author and columnistA vivid and textured biography showing how Deve Gowda's agrarian roots and regional