NETAJI: Living Dangerously

Category Biographies & Memoirs
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 9788129142160
Pages: 240 pages
Date: 5th April 2022

ABOUT THIS BOOK

‘…sound history packed in the book, and I liked it for not compromising on facts.’
—Shyam Benegal
Did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose die in an air crash in Taihoku (Taipei, Taiwan) on 18 August 1945? Was he sent off to Siberia by Joseph Stalin? Did he die there? Or did he escape? Or was he let off, eventually to make his way back to India? Was he the mysterious Gumnami Baba of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh? If so, how did he find his way back? Why did Bose leave India when he did? Was it on account of his political approach, which was opposed by the then high command of the Congress party that wanted a quick transfer of power from the British?

The past comes alive as journalist and author Kingshuk Nag seeks answers to these and related questions at a time when there is a considerable renewal of interest in Netaji’s fate with old records tumbling out, the latest being the declassification of files by the government.
Netaji: Living Dangerously is a riveting account of the life of one of India’s most charismatic leaders and an in-depth analysis of one of the world’s best-kept secrets.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Kingshuk Nag is an author and a journalist. After serving The Times of India for nearly 25 years in Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, he now works for himself. He has authored about 10 books including A New Silk Road: India, China and the Geopolitics of Asia, The NaMo Story: A Political Life (a biography of Narendra Modi), Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Man for All Seasons, The Saffron Tide: The Rise of the BJP and Kingfizzer: The Rise and Fall of Vijay Mallya, among many others. Many of his books have been translated into Hindi, Telugu and Bengali. An MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Nag began his working life with the Tata Economic Consultancy Services in what was then called Bombay. He was awarded the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for Excellence in Political Reporting and Analysis for coverage of events in Gujarat in 2002. He lives with his wife, Swati Sucharita in Hyderabad.