The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao by Sitapati, Vinay
The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao by Sitapati, Vinay

The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao

When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic catastrophe,...
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The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao by Sitapati, Vinay

The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao

$91.54
The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao by Sitapati, Vinay

The Man Who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao

$91.54
Author: Vinay Sitapati
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic catastrophe, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Yet because he was unloved by his people and mistrusted by his own party-a minority in Parliament and ruling under the shadow of Sonia Gandhi-Rao lacked the mandate to combat these crises. Yet, Rao was not just able to last a full five years as Prime Minister, he reinvented India, at home and abroad. Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power.

With exclusive access to Rao's never-before-seen personal papers as well as over a hundred interviews, Vinay Sitapati's definitive biography tells the story of India's makeover in the 1990s and the story of the Deng Xiaoping-like figure who did it. Assuming power over an ossified, quasi-socialist economy burdened by inefficient industrial behemoths, Rao was instrumental in driving through a broad set of liberalizing economic reforms that transformed India. Rao's career is the ideal window through which to understand how India became a force in the global economy almost overnight. Sitapati traces Rao's life from a village in Telangana through his years in power and-afterward-his humiliation in retirement. Yet the book never loses sight of the inner man-his difficult childhood, his corruptions and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and honestly told, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in the man responsible for
transforming India.


Author: Vinay Sitapati
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/01/2018
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780190692858


Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2018

About the Author

Vinay Sitapati is a political scientist, journalist and lawyer. He teaches at Ashoka University and writes for the Indian Express. He recently completed a Ph.D. in politics at Princeton University.

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