THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER

· MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE
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In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of the Financial Express to join Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his media adviser in UPA 1. Singh offered him the job with the words, 'Sitting here, I know I will be isolated from the outside world. I want you to be my eyes and ears. Tell me what you think I should know, without fear or favor. The Accidental Prime Minister is Baru's account of what it was like to 'manage' public opinion for Singh while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. As Singh's spin doctor and trusted aide for four years, Baru observed up close Singh's often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. In this book he tells all and draws for the first time a revelatory picture of what it was like for Singh to work in a government that had two centers of power. Insightful, acute and packed with political gossip, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life and a superb portrait of the Manmohan Singh era.      

संजय बारु यांनी या पुस्तकात चित्रदर्शी, ओघवत्या शैलीत अनेक प्रसंगांचं चित्रीकरण केलेलं आहे. त्याद्वारे सरकारचा कारभार कसा चालतो, नेत्यांची जनमानसासमोर विशिष्ट प्रतिमा कशी उभी केली जाते, राजकारणांच्या कृतींमागे कोणत्या प्रेरणा असतात, ते प्रसारमाध्यमांचा स्वत:च्या स्वार्थासाठी कसा वापर करून घेतात, याचा पट वाचकांसमोर उलगडत जातो. दिल्लीच्या घडामोडींकडे नजर लावून बसलेल्यांना रंजक वाटतील असे अनेक छोटे-छोटे किस्सेसुद्धा यात आहेत.

अणुकराराच्या संदर्भात पंतप्रधानांच्या आणि त्यांच्या अधिकार्‍यांच्या देशांतर्गत तसंच अमेरिकेतील मुत्सद्द्यांशी ज्या अनेक चर्चा झाल्या, त्याचप्रमाणे डॉ. सिंग यांच्या पाकिस्तानशी वेळोवेळी झालेल्या वाटाघाटी इतिहासकारांना अत्यंत मौल्यवान वाटतील, यात शंकाच नाही. अशा प्रकारच्या माहितीचा खजिनाच लेखकानं या पुस्तकातून वाचकांसाठी खुला केला आहे.

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4.2
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Amar Shrinath
July 10, 2019
story of great economist prime minister
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BHUSHAN Mahajan
March 22, 2019
great story
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Sunil Chaudhari
June 23, 2019
the must read book
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