Description
BALASAHEB THACKERAY. SHEILA DIKSHIT. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM. NAMDEO DHASAL. S. JAIPAL REDDY. These are just some of the 50 dynamos whose lives and times are captured in this collection of profiles of some of the most prominent actors in independent India's political theatre.Game-changers Pranab Mukherjee, P.V. Narasimha Rao and Jyoti Basu; crowd-pulling swashbucklers Sheikh Abdullah and Laldenga; crusaders such as Kanshi Ram and Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani; mavericks Chandraswami, Amar Singh and Ajit Kumar Jogi; charismatic leaders like Madhavrao Scindia and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed; possessors of star power, including Jayalalithaa, Vinod Khanna and M. Karunanidhi; and skilful navigators like Ahmed Patel and V.C. Shukla – all find place in this incontestable list. Traversing ideologies and bringing into focus the human facet of governments, Leaders, Politicians, Citizens presents a compelling history of Indian democracy and provides riveting insights into the evolution of its political culture.
About the Author
Rasheed Kidwai is a journalist, author, columnist and a political analyst. He is a visiting fellow with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). Formerly associate editor of the Telegraph, Kidwai tracks government, politics, community affairs and Hindi cinema. Kidwai is the author of Sonia: A Biography; 24, Akbar Road: A Short History of the People behind the Fall and Rise of the Congress; Ballot: Ten Episodes that have Shaped India's Democracy; Neta Abhineta: Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics; Bharat ke Pradhanmantri: Desh, Dasha, Disha; and The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue.
- Publisher : Hachette India (5 April 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 312 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9391028160
- ISBN-13 : 978-9391028169
- Item Weight : 300 g
- Dimensions : 3.4 x 13 x 19.8 cm
- Country of Origin : India