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Book on Amit Shah details early campaigning days

New book says Mr. Shah’s enforced exit from Gujarat laid the foundation of his successful 2014 U.P. campaign. by Nistula Hebbar Home Minister Amit Shah, now occupying an office held by the late Sardar Patel, got his start in political campaigning when, as a 13-year-old, he accompanied Maniben Patel (the …

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How has Amit Shah organised the BJP to maximise its reach? This book delves into his methods

Although unabashedly admiring, this insider account offers rich details on Shah’s modus operandi for expanding the electoral footprint of the BJP. The Indian media’s interest in trying to understand the internal structure of any political party is comparatively low and that is why along with the media, political analysts of …

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Amit Shah and the March of BJP

The story of Amit Shah’s political life, struggles, rise and triumph is little known. For a leader who is often referred to as the Chanakya of Indian politics, who has dominated India’s fast-paced and complex political stage since 2014, has altered its electoral map by leading the Bharatiya Janata Party …

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Amit Shah and the March of BJP: Anirban Ganguly and Shiwanand Dwivedi’s book charts the journey of one of Indian politics’ central characters

Anirban Ganguly and Shiwanand Dwivedi’s ‘Amit Shah and the March of BJP’ narrates the personal and political journey of the national president of the largest political party in the world, captures the ideological world that shaped him and gives an account of the party that he is leading and shaping …

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Bloomsbury to Publish AMIT SHAH AND THE MARCH OF BJP by Anirban Ganguly and Shiwanand Dwivedi

It is for the first time that Amit Shah’s story is being told—an authentic, no-holds-barred and detailed narration of one of the most influential leaders of our times. About the Book The story of Amit Shah’s political life, struggles, rise and triumph is little known. For a leader who is …

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Making of a New India

Structural reforms undertaken by the Modi regime have led the nation to the road of economic progress and the building of a welfare state by Navneet Anand On November 27, the Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre in New Delhi was abuzz with policy-makers and intelligentsia. The occasion was launch of the …

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life and legacy of a leader

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Author- Anirban Ganguly and Avadhesh Kumar Singh Publisher- Wisdom Tree, Rs 995 Scholars working on Mookerjee will find the volume extremely useful, writes RUP NARAYAN DAS While Syama Prasad Mookerjee is remembered for three major events of Indian history — the partition of Bengal, which eventually facilitated …

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Book Review: A Collector’s Item For Foreign Policy Buffs

When two of the three editors of a compendium are directly or indirectly associated with the BJP and when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launches the book, one would suspect this to be a hagiographic account of the NDA government’s foreign policy. But The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India’s …

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THE MODI DOCTRINE Book Review: A Collector’s Item For Foreign Policy Buffs

| By Surajit Dasgupta When two of the three editors of a compendium are directly or indirectly associated with the BJP and when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launches the book, one would suspect this to be a hagiographic account of the NDA government’s foreign policy. But The Modi Doctrine: …

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Debating Culture; Anirban Ganguly; D K Printworld (P) Ltd, New Delhi, 2013; PP 158; Price Rs 400

Dr Anirban Ganguly’s book Debating Culture discusses the concept of culture in the writings of several outstanding national thinkers. He begins with Swami Vivekananda who had a very catholic and wide interest in both world and Indian art. His emphasis was on the great principles underlying the phenomenon of Indian …