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The Accidental Prime Minister
- The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
- Narrated by: Suyash Mohan
- Length: 13 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister’s Office called the book a work of "fiction", the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first term in UPA.
Written by Singh’s media adviser and trusted aide, the book describes Singh’s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi, and how he handled the big crises from managing the left to pushing through the nuclear deal. Insightful, acute, and packed with political anecdotes, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life.
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- Tushar Jambhekar
- 23-10-19
Well balanced content with good narration
The book is good in terms of its content with a balanced approach taking into account the person and position of the Prime Minister. The objectivity is well defined and keeps the book at a good tempo - though the chronology is not in order and can make time track a strugge.
The narration is brilliant with good delivery, pauses and modulation.
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- Jisha
- 24-09-19
An eye opener to the inner functioning of govt
Loved the book and the narrative. An eye opener to the struggles of a PM
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- Ca.sankrish
- 05-04-20
Accidental...
This book gives a view how an economic professional run the PMO managing the coaliation government and the country.
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- pulkit
- 12-03-20
Worth a read
You might be a supporter of any party but atleast give this a read, this book is worth reading atleast once.
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- Nikhil
- 23-10-19
Nice book to listen
I liked the book. I wanted the audio version since it was released. I got it. Thanks.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-04-21
gives insight into inside PMO
Rare book on contemporary PM and very lucidly explained restrictions placed on PM duly his tenure by remote power and coalition govt
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- Nitin Jain
- 24-12-22
more like this one
wish that more people who get a chance to work close to the corridors of power in India, start publishing their experiences.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-07-20
Respect to Dr Singh
This book will make people understand that he was right person in wrong party. He deserves more respect then what we are giving to him
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- Sasidharan Karthikeyan
- 28-10-19
Good Lesson
Lesson-1: Used to think that UPA-1 had more connect with the lay-people than the UPA-2. I was proven to be wrong that it was yet another government seeking approval from the "elites" and the "neutral journalists" and more importantly, Sonia Gandhi.
Lesson-2: One can understand why the media is barking at Modi. They used to enjoy every single perk. Even a non-Indian (Wire's Siddharth Varadarajan) was traveling in PM's official air craft. And the author enabled it.
Lesson-3: Bureaucrats and their ego makes PM and the country miserable.
Sanjaya Baru had succeeded in making me believe in the former, as PM's media advisor and in the latter as an author. I'm not disappointed.
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- vikash
- 07-09-20
Informative
Informative , clearly explains the events which led to failure of UPA 2. Clears some of the doubts I had .
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