• ISBN13: 9780143429036
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: India Viking
• Publisher Imprint: India Viking
• Publication Date: June 1, 2017
• Pages: 458
• Original Price: INR 499.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 399 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Historical

In 1967, C.N. Annadurai became the chief minister of Madras state, when his party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), swept to power for the first time. In this definitive biography, R. Kannan traces the growth of Annadurai from a young prot g of the radical thinker Periyar E.V. Ramasamy into a revered leader known as Anna or elder brother. Kannan draws on Anna's considerable body of writing and the memoirs of other leaders and authors in Tamil, to candidly examine Anna's complex relationship with Periyar and his disillusionment with the corruption he witnessed when in power. Featuring luminaries like Rajagopalachari and Kamaraj, K. Karunanidhi and MGR, among many others, Anna offers a warm and rounded portrait of a man who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional aspirations within a united India

R. Kannan is a child of the Dravidian movement and has long been a commentator on Dravidian politics. Raised and educated at Chennai, Kannan completed his LLM from the University of Georgia and PhD in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has served in various capacities with the United Nations in two continents for nearly a quarter of a century. He presently heads the Basra office of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq. His latest book is MGR: M.G.Ramachandran, A Life.