The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
Author | : | Sanjaya Baru |
Year of Publication | : | 2014 |
Publisher | : | Viking |
ISBN - 13 | : | 9780670086740 |
Edition | : | First |
Language | : | English |
Binding | : | Hardcover |
No of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
Subject | : | Political Science |
About the Book :
Manmohan has three daughters, no son; so he treats Sanjaya
as a son.'-Sonia Gandhi, Outlook
In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of theFinancial
Express to join Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his mediaadviser 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 eyesand ears. Tell me what
you think I should know, without fear or favour.'The Accidental Prime Minister
is Baru's account of what it was like to Pub: '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 centres 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.
About Author :
Sanjaya Baru was chief editor of the Financial Express and BusinessStandard. He is currently director for geo-economics and strategy at theInternational Institute of Strategic Studies.