Santhosh Guru reviewed The Accidental Prime Minister by Sanjaya Baru
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2 stars
A little laborious read, if you are following-up the politics of India for the last decade. It is laborious not because of the style of writing but the content. The entire book tries to say that Manmohan Singh is an honest, gentleman politician and an able economist, became a prime minister but could not wield his power because omnipotent Sonia controlling him and the government.
Manmohan Singh's vision on external affairs and relationship with Pakistan is really a key take away for me from this book. His vision that the borders cannot be changed and it can be made irrelevant is really an impressive thought and its a pity that he could put it in action because of various political reasons in India as well as Pakistan.
But apart from the above, all other things discussed in the book is nothing phenomenal. We knew that he was crippled by the …
A little laborious read, if you are following-up the politics of India for the last decade. It is laborious not because of the style of writing but the content. The entire book tries to say that Manmohan Singh is an honest, gentleman politician and an able economist, became a prime minister but could not wield his power because omnipotent Sonia controlling him and the government.
Manmohan Singh's vision on external affairs and relationship with Pakistan is really a key take away for me from this book. His vision that the borders cannot be changed and it can be made irrelevant is really an impressive thought and its a pity that he could put it in action because of various political reasons in India as well as Pakistan.
But apart from the above, all other things discussed in the book is nothing phenomenal. We knew that he was crippled by the coalition politics and his puppeteer was Sonia. This books goes in elaborate ways to corroborate this.
