Chandra Shekhar: The Last Icon of Ideological Politics

Category Non-Fiction
Format Hardcover
Imprint Rupa
Price 595

ISBN: 978-93-5333-401-7
Pages: 384 pages
Date: 1st July

ABOUT THIS BOOK

This is the story of an ordinary man who did not inherit a grand legacy from a well-established
and renowned family; who did not rely on family wealth and eminence; who did not attend any
of the prestigious educational institutions in the country or abroad; and who did not command a dedicated vote bank of any specific class, caste or community. Yet he took on the most powerful prime minister of his time and became a formidable opponent of her politics and policies.
It is the story of a man who came from a lower middle-class family and who, despite stiff opposition from the most powerful Indian prime minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, won the nomination to the Congress Working Committee, not once but thrice.
Chandra Shekhar: The Last Icon of Ideological Politics is an up-close and extraordinary life story of
an ordinary person who rose to become one of the tallest figures in Indian politics.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

HARIVANSH, currently the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, started his career as a journalist. An economist trained at BHU, Varanasi, he is a seasoned journalist who has worked with the premier Hindi magazine Dharmayug and the Hindi weekly Ravivar. He took over as the editor of Prabhat Khabar and successfully steered a nearly defunct newspaper to emerge as the largest circulated Hindi daily in eastern India.
An author of several books, Harivansh had worked in Chandra Shekhar’s PMO as his additional
information advisor.
RAVI DUTT BAJPAI has written for various Hindi and English media outlets. After years of
experience in the IT industry, he is now pursuing his Doctoral research on civilizational exchanges between China and India at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.