The DMK Years : Ascent, Descent, Survival


Name :  The DMK years : Ascent, Descent , Survival
Author :  R.Kannan
    Year of Publication : 2024
    Genre : Non-fiction, Politics, History
    Rating : ** 1/2 ( Two and a half stars out of 5)

The author needs to be lauded for his sweeping ambition of encapsulating the work of an era in nearly 500 odd pages. Every significant event associated with the history of DMK is covered. To avoid being called hagiographic, the book errs by moving to the other extreme - all it's criticisms of DMK are detailed while the deserved praise is rushed. The author eschews scholarship for chronological recollections and much needed analyses go missing. DMK is a remarkable institution and Kannan does not even come close to doing justice to it.


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