M J Akbar

A Mirror to Power (eBook, ePUB)

Notes on a Fractured Decade

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Mirror to Power takes a sharp look across the wide horizon of the past decade, a time when reputations were wrecked on a high-velocity rollercoaster and events became a jamboree instead of a procession. This tumbledown history of corruption, terrorism, justice delayed, rights denied and governance betrayed still left enough gaps for celebration of laughter in areas outside politics. The cast is extraordinary: from the founding fathers of our partitioned subcontinent to those shaping its future today. This book is especially distinctive because of M.J. Akbar's unerring eye for underlying causes and potential consequences that bookend current events and a prose style that conveys serious thought in lucid sentences and succinct paragraphs. The pieces are on subjects as diverse as politics, cricket, cinema stars, the lost art of reading and the joys of trash, besides long, elegant essays on the history of a community seen through the genius of its poets and the trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar. This is an indispensable introduction to what promises to be an Indian century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789350296844
• Artikelnr.: 46900209

Autorenporträt

M.J. Akbar is an Indian author, journalist, and national spokesperson of the BJP. He has served as an editor-in-chief at The Deccan Chronicle and also held the position of Editorial Director at India Today. M.J. Akbar founded the Indian newspaper named Asian Age and also launched a weekly newspaper named The Sunday Guardian. He currently works as an Editor-in-Chief at The Sunday Guardian. He has authored books, notable among them being Nehru: The Making Of India, Blood Brothers and India: The Siege Within.