18th October 2021
In their book “The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan”, JP's close associate Dr Bimal Prasad and his daughter Sujata Prasad present an account of JP’s life from his political awakening in 1920's during his student years in the US to his ‘total revolution’ call to overthrow the Indira Gandhi regime in 1970s.
Jayaprakash Narayan, a political force for nearly half a century, was self-effacing, yet so visible that he was known just by his initials, JP. In their book “The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan” - published by Penguin Random House India - JP's close associate Dr Bimal Prasad and his daughter Sujata Prasad present an account of JP’s life from his political awakening in the 1920s during his student years in the US to his ‘total revolution’ call to overthrow the Indira Gandhi regime in 1970s.
In an exclusive interview with Moneycontrol, Sujata Prasad, columnist, curator, heritage conservationist and co-author of the biography, talks about how JP adapted to the ideological shock of separating from communism by drawing closer to Mahatma Gandhi and why he thought of becoming Indira Gandhi’s adviser or mentor at one point in time. Edited excerpts: