A MAVERICK IN POLITICS : (Record no. 761800)

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ISBN 9789353457679
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Edition number 23
Classification number 954.053
Item number AIY-M
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Personal name AIYAR,MANI SHANKAR
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Title A MAVERICK IN POLITICS :
Sub Title 1991-2004 /
Statement of responsibility, etc BY MANI SHANKAR AIYAR
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication NEW DELHI :
Name of publisher JUGGERNAUT BOOKS ,
Year of publication 2024 .
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Number of Pages 411p.;
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Summary, etc The second volume of Mani Shankar Aiyars acclaimed memoirs<br/><br/>Mani Shankar Aiyar ends his first volume of memoirs as he is elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 at the age of 50. In this second volume, he continues his story as he becomes a three-term Member of Parliament (MP), then a cabinet minister in the UPA government (including becoming Indias first ever minister of Panchayati Raj) and finally, a Rajya Sabha member.<br/><br/>Most politicians conceal unflattering events in their memoirs. Aiyar is incapable of doing so. He draws a colourful picture of a life in politics, with vivid glimpses of politicians and their policies such as Jayalalithaa (whose party thugs nearly killed him), Sonia Gandhi, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and others.<br/><br/>He writes perceptively of the challenges of being a good MP and why development doesnt win a politician votes. And he tells, too, of negotiating the power struggles of the UPA era, where he was moved from the Petroleum Ministry, and turns the lens on financial improprieties and his ideological reservations as sports minister in the run-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.<br/><br/>In the course of recounting his life story, he reflects on his unconventional, non-conformist opinions that have rendered him a maverick in politics, accounting as much for his rise as his fall. The book ends poignantly as he faces the sunset years of his unusual life.....<br/><br/>About the Author: Mani Shankar Aiyar<br/><br/>Mani Shankar Aiyar was educated at Welham, Doon, St. Stephens and Cambridge before joining the Indian Foreign Service. He served for twenty-six years in the Foreign Service, including a five-year deputation to Rajiv Gandhis PMO, from where he took voluntary retirement in 1989 for an alternative career in politics and the media.During his parliamentary career of twenty-one years, he was elected to the Lok Sabha thrice, served as a Cabinet Minister with multiple portfolios in the UPA government (200409), and received the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award (2006). He was finally nominated to the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term (20092016). Aiyar has also been one of Indias most successful political columnists and the author of many acclaimed books......
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Topical Term HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA
-- 21ST CENTURY-BIOGRAPHY
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Personal name AIYAR,MANI SHANKAR
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    Dewey Decimal Classification TEXT     Dept. of Arabic Dept. of Arabic General Stacks 27/07/2026 899.00 954.053 AIY-M ARA11719 27/07/2026 Book