India and the Quest for One World revolutionizes the history of human rights, with dramatic impact on some of the most contentious debates of our time, by capturing the exceptional efforts of Mahatma Gandhi and the Nehrus to counter the divisions of the Cold War with an uplifting new vision of justice built on the principle of "unity in diversity."

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Manu Bhagavan teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA, where he is a Professor of History and Chair of the Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. He has been a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and President of the Society for Advancing the History of South Asia. He has also been interviewed by CNN-IBN, BBC Radio, World Citizen Radio, Press TV, and INI9.

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Acknowledgements Cast Preface Prologue 1. The World at War 2. India in New York 3. Showdown in San Francisco 4. The New Hope 5. India International 6. Towards a Better Future Epilogue Endnotes Bibliography