Summary of Anna
THE BOOK
On 6 March 1967, fifty-eight-year-old Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai became
chief minister of Madras state, when his party, the Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), swept to power for the first time. Marking the pinnacle
of his public life, it reflected his popularity among ordinary people who
revered him as Anna, or elder brother. This rich biography illuminates his many
lives—as a charismatic leader of modern India, as a stalwart of the Dravidian
movement, as the founder of the DMK, as spokesman for the South—besides
documenting his abilities as an acclaimed orator and littérateur in Tamil and
English, and as a stage actor. Kannan draws on Anna’s considerable body of
writing, the memoirs of
other leaders and authors in Tamilto offer a warm and rounded portrait of a man
who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional
aspirations within a united India.
THE AUTHOR
R. Kannan practised law in Madras, and briefly also taught law at Madras Law
College and international organizations at the University of
Madras, where he was a guest faculty member. He has served in various capacities
with the United Nations, including as head of Civil Affairs in
Cyprus. Currently, he is a political officer with the United Nations Mission in
Kosovo.
QUOTES‘Anna: The Life and Times of C.N. Annadurai admirably fills an intriguing gap, the absence of a reliable biography of one of the most interesting,
attractive, and consequential of modern India’s political leaders…This accessible and lucidly written work is an invaluable read on the Dravidian
Movement in its dynamic and most democratic phase, before the loss of innocence.’—N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu
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