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This brilliantly researched and clinically written biography of Ram Vilas Paswan fills an important gap in future generations’ understanding of India’s coalition era: 1996–2014. You couldn’t form a government in New Delhi then without Paswan. Sobhana, a close watcher of national politics, has the detail and the insights to bring this fine understanding of one of the most accessible, yet intriguing characters of our politics.

‘The book gives a wake-up call for urgent and deep structural reforms in the financial sector. Not piecemeal but comprehensive.’

‘The inside story behind a spate of banking scandals.’

‘Pandemonium gives an interesting peek into the institutional history of banks and what’s ailing them…’

‘…a compelling story on the rot in India’s banking system.’

‘It combines the micro and macro stories underlying the crisis facing banks.’

‘Tamal has done a public service by writing this book.’

‘Valuable insights from four distinguished RBI governors.’

‘The magnum opus offers insights into the most important question in Indian policymaking today.’

‘A one-stop narrative of nuances and insights a reader is unlikely to get elsewhere.’