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Anna: The Life And Times Of C.N. Annadur
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
| Author:
KANNAN, R.
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Author:
KANNAN, R.
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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In 1967, C.N. Annadurai became the chief minister of Madras state, when his
party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), swept to power for the first time.In this definitive biography, R. Kannan traces the growth of Annadurai from ayoung protégé of the radical thinker Periyar E.V. Ramasamy into a reveredleader known as Anna or elder brother.Kannan draws on Anna’s considerable body of writing and the memoirs of otherleaders and authors in Tamil, to candidly examine Anna’s complex relationshipwith Periyar and his disillusionment with the corruption he witnessed when inpower. Featuring luminaries like Rajagopalachari and Kamaraj, K. Karunanidhiand MGR, among many others, Anna offers a warm and rounded portrait of aman who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional aspirationswithin a united India.
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In 1967, C.N. Annadurai became the chief minister of Madras state, when his
party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), swept to power for the first time.In this definitive biography, R. Kannan traces the growth of Annadurai from ayoung protégé of the radical thinker Periyar E.V. Ramasamy into a reveredleader known as Anna or elder brother.Kannan draws on Anna’s considerable body of writing and the memoirs of otherleaders and authors in Tamil, to candidly examine Anna’s complex relationshipwith Periyar and his disillusionment with the corruption he witnessed when inpower. Featuring luminaries like Rajagopalachari and Kamaraj, K. Karunanidhiand MGR, among many others, Anna offers a warm and rounded portrait of aman who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional aspirationswithin a united India.
About Author
R. Kannan is a child of the Dravidian movement and has long been a commentator on Dravidian politics. Raised and educated at Chennai, Kannan
completed his LLM from the University of Georgia and PhD in International
Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He
has served in various capacities with the United Nations in two continents for
nearly a quarter of a century. He presently heads the Basra office of the UN
Assistance Mission for Iraq. His latest book is MGR: M.G. Ramachandran, A
Life.
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