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Democracy on the road : a 25-year journey through India
- Title
- Democracy on the road : a 25-year journey through India / Ruchir Sharma.
- Author
- Sharma, Ruchir
- Publication
- London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- vii, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "On the eve of a landmark general election, Ruchir Sharma offers an unrivaled portrait of how India and its democracy work, drawn from his two decades on the road chasing election campaigns across every major state, travelling the equivalent of a lap around the earth. Democracy on the Road takes readers on a rollicking ride with Ruchir and his band of highly-informed fellow writers as they talk to farmers, shopkeepers and CEOs from Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu, and interview leaders from Narendra Modi to Rahul Gandhi. No other book has taken readers so close to the action, or traced the arc of modern Indian politics so immediately. Offering an intimate view inside the lives and minds of India's political giants and its people, Sharma explains how the complex forces of family, caste and community, economics and development, money and corruption, Bollywood and Godmen, have conspired to elect and topple Indian leaders since Indira Gandhi. The ultimately encouraging message of Ruchir's travels is that, while democracy is retreating in many parts of the world, it is thriving in India"--Dust jacket flap.
- Alternative Title
- Twenty-five year journey through India
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in electronic format.
- Contents
- Bijnor summers -- The congress meets its match 1988 to 2004 -- The rise of the development stars 2005 to 2010 -- Throwing the bums out, again 2011 to 2014 -- Modi against the rest 2014 to 2018 -- Back in balance.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-6054
- ISBN
- 9780241388075
- 0241388074
- LCCN
- 2018493368
- OCLC
- 1090406061
- Author
- Sharma, Ruchir, author.
- Title
- Democracy on the road : a 25-year journey through India / Ruchir Sharma.
- Publisher
- London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Additional Formats
- Also available in electronic format.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369) and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1977
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Sharma, Ruchir. Democracy on the road. London : Allen Lane, 2019 9780241388082 (OCoLC)1085142816
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-6054