Narendra Modi: A Political Biography
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Narendra Modi,the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, is powerful, popular and controversial.With the general elections due to conclude in May 2014, Modi’s campaign rallieshave drawn unprecedented crowds. Yet, the man remains an enigma. His supportersregard him as the visionary, decisive leader India needs today. His detractorssee him as a polarizing fi gure. Is Modi authoritative or authoritarian?
Decisive or divisive? A team player or a loner?Andy Marinorecorded interviews with Narendra Modi during more than half-a-dozen exclusivemeetings – unprecedented access to a very private man. What emerged is thisriveting, objective biography of a man who could be India’s prime minister. Notshying away from the controversies that have
dogged Narendra Modi, including theGujarat riots and questions about the Gujarat model of governance anddevelopment, this political biography provides an unbiased account of possiblythe most important figure in Indian politics today. Marino records hour-by-hourdetails of the 2002 Gujarat riots, presenting a balanced analysis of that rawwound on India’s polity. It also reveals hitherto unpublished, authenticated
documents, which makes this one of the most important books of 2014.The authoranalyses Narendra Modi’s values, the people who shaped his thinking and thesort of national leader he will make. Personal details of Modi’s early life,his wanderings in the Himalayas between the ages of seventeen and nineteen, his
rise through the political ranks, his vision for India and his personalphilosophy on religion and politics are revealed in a book that is lucid,fast-paced and readable. Narendra Modi: A Political Biography is aninsightful, exhaustive and impeccably researched account of the ascent of apolitical leader.
