Thy Hand, Great Anarch!

Blurb

Thy Hand, Great Anarch! is a 1987 autobiographical sequel to Indian essayist Nirad C. Chaudhuri's The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. Its title was inspired from the concluding couplet of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad which runs thus:
Written when he was in his 80's, this book provides a perspective to the Indian political scene from the 20's to India's independence. The book covers the writer's working life in India first as a clerk in the Military Accounts Department, then as an editor, writer, publicist. While as a clerk, he came across Arnold's Scholar Gypsy which inspired him to leave his secure government job and become a writer, which he thought was his calling. Although always a severe critic of Mahatma Gandhi, Nirad shows a remarkable respect for the Mahatma when the latter led the masses in the Civil Disobedience Movement. And, even, for a little time he participated in the struggle shedding the air of an intellectual man.