What If Rajiv Gandhi Had Lived? An Alternative Story of India

This book dares to imagine the alternative India that might have emerged had Rajiv Gandhi lived. From surviving the assassination attempt to leading India through the turbulent 1990s, the rise of the IT revolution, and global diplomacy, this counterfactual history reimagines how Rajiv’s leadership could have altered the nation’s trajectory.

Spanning three decades—from the liberalization era to the rise of Narendra Modi—this narrative explores economic reforms, secular politics, foreign relations, and the shifting balance between modernization and tradition. It presents Rajiv Gandhi not only as the “computer man of India” but also as a long-serving leader who guided India into the 21st century, only to be tested by the tides of democracy.

Blending historical fact with speculative imagination, this book offers readers a thought-provoking journey into the road not taken—an India that could have been faster, different, and yet, just as complex.