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Jagmohan is the only person who has held the office of Lt. Governor of Delhi twice, of Governor of Jammu and Kashmir twice and nationally honoured twice by the award of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, he has also been a distinguished Member of Parliament for fourteen years and a Union Cabinet Minister for five and a half years, holding charge of such significant portfolios as communication, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, culture and Tour ism. Throughout ...
In this insightful book, Jagmohan recounts the moments of triumphs and tragedies which he came across during his long and eventful date with Delhi’s development, from Jawaharlal Nehru’s time till date. His narration and analysis of these moments in the context of larger forces that have remained embedded in the post 1947 India, bring under sharp focus a number of fundamental questions that need in-depth consideration of national leadership of all hue ...
This booklet is an enlarged version of D.B. Thengadi Memorial Lecture, 2007 which author delivered at the Constitution Club, New Delhi. Enlargement has been necessitated by the vastness of the subject which essentially concerns the soul and sinews of modern civilisation. The booklet has been divided into seven chapters. In Chapter I, depth and dimensions of the crisis of environment and climate change have been briefly brought out. Chapter II is devoted to the ...
In this book, the author, in the backdrop of his vast and varied experience, looks at the major challenges confronting the country after about six decades of her 'tryst with destiny'. The analysis done indicates how these challenges have arisen, how deep-rooted infirmities of the Indian state and society have remained untackled, how a leadership with a great vision and will has not emerged at various levels of public life and how the current culture of ...