1 option
Shades of Saffron : from Vajpayee to Modi / Saba Naqvi.
Van Pelt Library JQ298.B55 N37 2018
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Naqvi, Saba, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bharatiya Janata Party--History.
- Bharatiya Janata Party.
- History.
- India--Politics and government--1984-.
- India.
- Politics and government.
- Political parties.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 284 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chennai : Westland Publications Private Limited, [2018]
- Summary:
- The BJP enjoys the predominant position in Indian politics today. In its journey from coalition politics to single-power hegemony, it has emerged as a very different entity from the one that came to power in 1998. Naqvi tells the story from the party's founding in n1980 to its two stints in power.
- Contents:
- The Vajpayee morning
- The journey
- The mask
- The open house
- The householder
- The atomic fallout
- All the king's men
- Satyamev Jayate
- The collapse
- The caretaker Prime Minister
- The Kargil war
- The Sonia factor
- Campaign 1999
- From Kargil to Kandahar
- My journey in the BJP
- The Advani-Vajpayee push and pull
- Guru Dakshina
- The tussle between the big two
- Hey Ram!
- Enter: Narendra Modi
- Operation Corruption
- Dove vs Hawk: The false binary
- When terror struck
- Atal & Jawaharlal
- The feel-good disaster
- The BJP burlesque
- Jinnah's ghost spooks the BJP
- The baritone
- The tragic end of Pramod Mahajan
- The fiery Sanyasin
- BJP burlesque: Part II
- Arun Jaitley: The ultimate Dilliwala
- The absolute leader
- BJP Inc.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789387578333
- 938757833X
- 9789387894051
- 9387894053
- OCLC:
- 1046571188
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.