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Unforeseen Affection and Other Love Poems is a collection of poems written in Telugu by Jayaprabha between 1993 and 2000. These poems have been translated from the original language by P.V. Narasimha Rao, India’s former prime minister and well respected scholar. It was one of the last assignments he undertook before his demise, because he felt the imagery expressed in them deserved a wider audience. Jayaprabha’s traditional upbringing and modern learning have ...
P.V. Narasimha Rao was the prime minister of India when, in December 1992, kar sevaks, flouting a Supreme Court order, streamed into Ayodhya in thousands. On 6 December, to the horror of the entire nation, they attacked the Babri Masjid and began to demolish the structure. The communal riots that followed ripped apart the secular fabric of the nation. Even today, the Ramjanmabhoomi–Babri Masjid dispute has not been resolved, and Ayodhya remains a hotbed of ...
This is the revised edition of the hardcover publication released in 1998. Four new chapters and a revised epilogue are added to make the narrative reach a definite stage in the story. The Insider is a book that emerges from the hidden heart of Indian politics. Through a deft interweaving of fact and fiction, it tells the compelling, often shocking as well as heart-rending truth about Indian politics. It is the story of Anand, a young firebrand ...