Rajiv Gandhi and Rama's Kingdom

An acclaimed biographer, novelist, and essayist, Ved Mahta illuminates life in modern India in this engrossing account of the country's tumultuous recent history. He describes in vivid detail such key events as the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the circumstances surrounding Rajiv's election as his mother's successor, the lasting effects of the accident at the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal, the assassination of Rajiv, and its chaotic aftermath.