Battle for Bihar
Battle for Bihar

Author: Arun Sinha

Publisher: Penguin Enterprise

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9780143452065

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At the centre of India's social churn and high political drama is Bihar, a state with great untapped potential. After bursting on to the scene in the late 1980s and becoming Bihar's uncrowned ruler, Lalu Prasad Yadav was challenged by his erstwhile comrade Nitish Kumar. Unable to oust Lalu from power with his small, new party, Nitish made an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A quiet but canny politician, Nitish Kumar, as the chief minister, brought back law and order, roads, education and health to the fore of governance, aspects sorely lacking during Lalu's long rule. But the entry of Narendra Modi into the national political scene in 2013 rocked the alliance's boat. Nitish's switching of alliance between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the BJP around that time cost him enormously in terms of political goodwill. Will Nitish be able to restore his esteem by making Bihar a model state for India's post-Independence journey? In this riveting narrative, seasoned journalist Arun Sinha tells the intertwined stories of Bihar's political theatre and Nitish's rule with incisive candour and in-depth research. The Battle for Bihar is a clear-sighted study of the turbulent state that could show India's politics its way forward.

Fighting Insurgency with Politics
Fighting Insurgency with Politics

Author: Rachel Kleinfeld

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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"Poor and weak countries plagued by violence seem to face a chicken-and-egg problem: a lack of resources appears to constrain their ability to fight violence, while violence itself exacerbates poverty. Yet under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar, one of India's poorest states, was able to significantly reduce an insurgency that has plagued the region for over forty years. Bihar shows how particular political conditions cause states to be poor, weak, and violent -- and how careful application of political tactics can reduce violence even in places with few resources and low state capacity"--Publisher's web site.

Ruled or Misruled
Ruled or Misruled

Author: Santosh Singh

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-10-09

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 9385436422

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“I have become a fan of this man. One should just meet him to know...” This is what Nitish Kumar had sai about his now bitter foe Narendra Modi after NDA's 2004 defeat. “I feel like tying my PWD minister on an empty tractor trolley and run the vehicle at a speed of 60km per hourto make him realise how people suffer when they travel on these roads”, says Lalu, conceding the terrible conditionof Bihar roads. Ruled or Misruled, Story and Destiny of Bihar by The Indian Express' Assistant Editor SANTOSH SINGH offers a 360 degree journey of Bihar politics since Independence, especially since the Congress' downfall in 1990. An out and out reporter's book, it tells an interesting and tumultuous journey of the post-1990 legends of Bihar politics - Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi with the legendary clash between Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi - with the untold version on the 2010 dinner cancellation and Nitish's ambition, providing the third angle. Right from revealing JP's dilemma between Lalu and Nitish to socialist leader Karpoori Thakur out-thinking the Congress with his simplicity. From Jagannath Mishra making a confession on his controversial 1982 Anti-Press Bill to the numerous tales of vernaculariszation of politics and giving a voice to the poor by Lalu, the writer also traces the story of the making of the Ranbir Sena at the height of caste wars. The stories of repair, hope and construction under Nitish Kumar, disillusionment and new political realignment after the 2013 NDA split, Nitish and Lalu coming together again after two decades and Nitish almost walking out of the Lalu alliance again are just as captivating. Jitan Ram Manjhi, who makes startling revelations on how he played a dummy for Nitish and Ram Vilas Paswan, also concedes the real truth of his Godhra stand.

Messengers of Hindu Nationalism
Messengers of Hindu Nationalism

Author: Walter Andersen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-06-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1787382885

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a Hindu nationalist volunteer organization. It is also the parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Modi was himself a career RSS office-holder, or pracharak. This book explores how the RSS and its affiliates have benefitted from India's economic development and concurrent social dislocation, with rapid modernization creating a sense of rootlessness, disrupting traditional hierarchies, and attracting many upwardly mobile groups to the organization. India seems more willing than ever to accept the RSS's narrative of Hindu nationalism--one that seeks to assimilate Hindus into a common identity representing true 'Indianness'. Yet the RSS has also come to resemble 'the Congress system', with a socially diverse membership containing a distinct left, right and center. The organization's most significant dilemma is how to reconcile the assault from its far right on cultural issues like cow protection with condemnations of globalization from the left flank. Andersen and Damle offer an essential account of the RSS's rapid rise in recent decades, tracing how it has evolved in response to economic liberalization and assessing its long-term impact on Indian politics and society.

Bihar Diaries
Bihar Diaries

Author: Amit Lodha

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2018-07-18

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9353051673

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Bihar Diaries narrates the thrilling account of how Amit Lodha arrested Vijay Samrat, one of Bihar's most feared ganglords, notorious for extortion, kidnapping and the massacre of scores of people. The book follows the adrenaline-fuelled chase across three states during Amit's tenure as superintendent of police of Shekhpura, a sleepy mofussil town in Bihar. How does Amit navigate between his professional challenges and conquer his demons? What does he do when the ganglord comes after his family? Bihar Diaries captures vividly the battle of nerves between a dreaded outlaw and a young, urbane IPS officer.

Politics of Bihar
Politics of Bihar

Author: Pramod Kumar Rai

Publisher: Blue Hill Publications

Published: 2021-04-18

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 9390788226

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The book discusses electoral politics of Bihar post Congress era. It discusses the rise and popularity of Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1990s. It dwells upon the Mandal & Kamandal politics, alienation of other than Muslims and Yadavas away from Lalu Prasad Yadav leading to emergence of Nitish Kumar in Bihar in 2005. In the process there are interesting discussions about political weather scientist Ram Vilas Paswan, his son and Asaduddin Owaisi. The book narrates as to why Nitish Kumar made back-to-back two political switchovers earning the label of biggest ‘Turncoat of Indian Politics’. Lastly it concludes as to how Tejaswi has consolidated his position and established as a leader independent of his parental history during 2020 assembly elections. The Author has neither justified any particular political move nor suggested as to what should have been done. As a neutral observer, Author has just analyzed whatever incidents took place in the political landscape of Bihar and tried to find out as to why and how politics of Bihar moved the way it has moved till date.

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