Taylor Sherman - Nehru's India
In the 31st and final episode of 2022, I speak to LSE historian Taylor Sherman on her new book Nehru\u2019s India: A History in Seven Myths published by Princeton University Press in October 2022. The conversation begins by asking Sherman how the book began, what she means by myths that exist around Nehru and how the availability of new sources and archives helped revisiting and reevaluating these longstanding myths. Next, we delve into these myths - that identify Nehru as the \u2018architect\u2019 of modern India; his foreign policy; secularism; democracy; socialism, and India\u2019s strong state. The conversation ends with Sherman\u2019s thoughts on what was the hardest myth to tackle, the best biography of Nehru, and what she's working on now.
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