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Laloo Yadav and Nitish Kumar, chalk and cheese. One a charismatic populist, the other a shrewd introvert. Taken together a mesmerizing duo - heroes to some, villains to others, champions of the underdog yet imperious of manner;allies in youth, foes in midlife, now ageing veterans. For a quarter of a century, the two by turns dictated the destiny of Bihar.What do Laloo and Nitish mean to Bihar? Here, for the first time, an omnibus edition of Sankarshan Thakur s ...
Here is the tale of one of India’s most talked-about politicians as never told before, from the acclaimed biographer of Laloo Yadav. A dispassionate unlayering of the complex persona behind Nitish’s person: ditherer and gambler, tentative and determined, gullible and astute, effacing and ambitious,introvert and interventionist, loner in the crowds he courts.
Part personal diary of Bihar, part hard political portraiture, part unsparing perspective, a ...
India has not seen a politician quite like Laloo Yadav. A mesmerizing bundle of odds –hero to some, villain to others, a self-fashioned champion of the underdog and yet more imperious than then the most well-heeled feudal. Charming and ruthless by turns, Laloo Yadav has repeatedly defied predictions of doom. He is not finished still with the business of leaving his imprint on politics and society. Here, for the first time, is the fascinating story of Laloo ...