Autobiography Of M.O.Mathai

Name : Autobiography Of M.O.Mathai

Author : M.O.Mathai

Book Format : Paperback

Edition : First

Genre : Diaries & True Accounts

ISBN : 9788197043925

Language : English

Pages : 201-300 Pages

Publish Year : 2011

Publisher : Abhisekh Publishing

Sub Genre : Diaries & Journals

It is a need to correct Indian history before it is late. Unfortunately most Indians know

minimal about the political rulers who ruled them for so many decades. M.O. Mathai, Nehru's Special Assistant and alter ego between 1946 and 1959, was reputed to be the most powerful man after the Prime Minister during the years that served Nehru. Mathai was the only one to know everything about Nehru, most especially the first Prime Minister's private thoughts about Politics, Congress leaders, Bureaucrats, , Women, Sex, Alchohol along with much else that attracted his attention off and on. The author reveals all with much candor and sincerity, and says "Before I started writing this book, I suspended from my mind all personal loyalties of a conventional

; only my obligation to history remained." Mathai writes about Nehru's style, Krishna Menon's personal habits, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit's extravagance, Feroze Gandhi's ambitions and Mountbatten's weakness for titles and honors. This work is a major contribution to modern Indian history as it gives and insider's view of how the powerful often tried to manipulate Nehru for purposes that were not

conductive to nation-building.

Country of Origin : India