Feroze - The Forgotten Gandhi (2016)

Feroze Jahangir Gandhi deserves a special place in Indian politics, not only for his personal work as a freedom fighter and parliamentarian, but for also being the close relative of three Prime Ministers – the son-in-law of one, the husband of another and the father of yet another.
As is expected from a man who entered into matrimony with a lady much higher than his station in life, Gandhi played second fiddle to Jawaharlal Nehru, his father-in-law and later to Indira, his wife, after she took over as the party president. But he came out of the shell in the last five years of life, locking horns with Nehru by exposing the widespread corruption in his cabinet. His well targeted allegations proved to be a real pain in the neck for Nehru that he had to sack his own trusted finance minister when it was proved that there is substance in the accusations raised by Feroze.
His legacy was not so honoured during the Congress rule as the relations between Feroze and Indira had become strained in the last years and there was serious talk of trying for a divorce. This book is a biography of Feroze Gandhi that tries to clarify the real person underneath the political figure he grew into due to his high connections.
Bertil Falk is a retired Swedish newspaper and TV journalist who became interested in India at the age of nine after reading a captivating story about an ordinary boy becoming a maharaja. This book is his personal narrative from four decades of research and one-on-one travels and interviews through political India.