BOOK REVIEW: Tribute to India's "most misunderstood prime minister"

A maverick’s memoirs give rare praise to Rajiv Gandhi

By: John Elliott

With Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party virtually certain to win India’s general election for the third consecutive time in May, the decline of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and its domination of the once all-powerful Congress party will inevitably hit headlines, as it has repeatedly done for years.

So it’s running against the tide for tw…