Netaji Bose: Father of Securalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789360095444)

For nearly eight decades since Netaji Subash Chandra Bose disappeared from the world scene, the people of India have yearned for his re-emergence. He has been to his people a leader of hope, in an age of disillusionment, the like of whom has not been found in the annals of India"s long freedom struggle. It is for historians, political scientists and sociologists to find the answer to this mass psychological movement that would not let a leader pass, letting all manners of legends and myths grow around him. In a situation like this, a book like this is a volume beyond measure. If a book by its very nature and form, could bring Netaji and his mission back to life and to reality, it is this book. This book has been put together by personal experiences with people who have actually been with Bose during those halcyon days in India, Europe and South-East Asia. This book tells the story of India's greatest revolutionary since 1857 and the only soldier-statesman of world class born in this sub-continent in contemperory times. The reader has the rare opportunity to study at close quarters and all stages of life a man who stands out in all distinctiveness in modern Indian history. This book is a saga of a totally dedicated life of matchless personal charm, of courage, heroism and sacrificial patriotism, of a kind of leadership and statesmanship that India has not seen either during her freedom struggle or in the eight decades after independence. legends are short and direct. There is a narrative running through this book, in relatively more detail at important turning points in Netaji's life, to given the reader a total perspective of Netaji's total personality, his political philosophy, his world view and the image of India he set out to build. Altogether this book is a unique and outstanding addition to literature on Netaji Bose and the story of the Indian liberation movement in that particular aspect which has been either suppressed or overlooked.