The Washington Post, January 4th, 1998
In 1947, India, the subcontinent that the English called "the jewel in the crown" of its empire, became an independent state. It is the world's most populous democracy, yet most Americans do not know its history or understand its people. Wednesday at 8, PBS marks a half-century of the nation's independence with "The Dynasty -- the Nehru-Gandhi Story," a three-hour recount of India's modern history through the family that has led it during the 20th century. Begin with Motilal Nehru, a high-caste Brahmin whose family served Muslim emperors even before the British. A westernized anglophile with a...
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