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The Accidental Prime Minister

The Accidental Prime Minister

The Making And Unmaking Of Manmohan Singh | Book on Indian political life

Sanjaya Baru
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When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister’s Office called the book a work of ‘fiction’, the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first term in the UPA. Written by Singh’s media adviser and trusted aide, the book describes 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. Insightful, acute and packed with political anecdotes, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life.

Imprint: Penguin Audio

Published: Aug/2019

ISBN: 9780143499374

Run time : 480 mins

The Accidental Prime Minister

The Making And Unmaking Of Manmohan Singh | Book on Indian political life

Sanjaya Baru

When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister’s Office called the book a work of ‘fiction’, the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first term in the UPA. Written by Singh’s media adviser and trusted aide, the book describes 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. Insightful, acute and packed with political anecdotes, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life.

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Sanjaya Baru

Sanjaya Baru has been editor of The Financial Express and Business Standard, and the editorial-page editor of the Times of India and the Indian Express.

He was media adviser to former prime minister Manmohan Singh and the director for geo-economics and strategy, International Institute of Strategic Studies, London.

He has taught at the University of Hyderabad; the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore; and the Indian School of Public Policy, New Delhi.

His books include The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh, Strategic Consequences of India’s Economic Performance, 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History and India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and A Cultural Revolution.

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