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Inside Scott Miller’s book on the Ghadar revolt
We spoke to author Scott Miller about his new book ‘Let My Country Awake’, which chronicles the Ghadar movement. Here’s what he had to say.
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Pallavi Mehra - Mon, 27, Oct 2025
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Scott Miller, cover of his book (right). / Scott Miller
A former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Scott Miller’s new book Let My Country Awake, which released on Oct.28, chronicles the rise of the Ghadar movement, a largely forgotten, yet pivotal, challenge to British colonial rule. Founded by Indian immigrants—predominantly Sikh laborers and students—on the U.S. West Coast in the years preceding World War I, the Ghadar movement was the most significant challenge to British colonial rule until the rise of Mohandas Gandhi. In his new book, Miller chronicles its dramatic rise, including the instrumental role of an underground newspaper, gun smuggling operations, and the international web of espionage that ultimately entangled the revolutionaries and contributed to their downfall.
New India Abroad spoke to author Scott Miller about the Ghadar movement, parallels he sees between the xenophobia faced by Ghadarites and the current U.S. immigration crisis and his greatest hope for what the Indian diaspora will take away from reading Let My Country Awake. Excerpts from the interview:
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