The Life and Times of George Fernandes: Many Peaks of a Political Life - Hardcover

by Rahul Ramagundam (Author)

Since the time he left his coastal town of Mangalore and came to Bombay (now, Mumbai), more than seven decades ago, George Fernandes's was a life lived with passion, but more importantly, of struggle against all odds. From those early years of fighting for the rights of dock and municipal workers of Bombay to this last decade as a bed-ridden, afflicted with Alzheimer's, but keenly watchful of his own slow bodily degeneration, his fights were
always persistent and single-handed.

Author Biography

Rahul Ramagundam is an Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. A doctorate in modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, he has been cloosely associated with grassroots movements in India. His area of work lies as much in exploring history as in understanding contemporary times. His academic and research interest spans subjects such as modern and contemporary Indian history, production of poverty, social movement, volunteerism, education etc and cuts across temporal boundaries. He is currently engaged in a critical analysis of social movements and their inherent potential in the Indian context.