The curious title of this post is from Ashok Vohra’s review of a recently published book (November 2017) Kautilya’s Arthashastra: An Intellectual Portrait– the classical roots of modern politics in India written by Subrata K. Mitra and Michael Liebig.
The review mainly focuses on the way in which the book attempts to fill the gap left by previous studies as it unravels the “relevance of Kautilya in contemporary India and world.” Moreover, the writings of some political leaders such as Nehru, Gandhi, Patel are analyzed to see how far their views are inspired by or drawn from Kautilya.
The review was published in The Tribune, a national daily of India on 01.04.2018 and is available here.
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