Strange Burdens: The Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi
Author: Sugata Srinivasaraju
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Pages: 302
Price: Rs 699
Let us be clear. This book is not a biography of Rahul Gandhi. Nor is it an uncritical hagiography designed to serve a political agenda. It is an interpretation of the politics of Rahul Gandhi. And it navigates extremely hazardous territory with literary erudition, kindness and humanity.
The landscape is hard to traverse because there is so little to go on. There is no authorised biography of Rahul Gandhi and although his party, family and friends have tried to put his politics in