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Ram Vilas Paswan

The Weathervane of Indian Politics
Sobhana K. Nair

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Eight years after rejecting the position of a DSP in Bihar Police, Ram Vilas Paswan entered the Guinness World Records for winning a parliamentary election with the highest margin of 4.24 lakh votes from Hajipur, Bihar. He went on to become the longest serving Union Minister in India serving under six different prime ministers. But he is best remem...bered for being a man with his feet firmly on the ground, and his commitment to empowerment and advocacy for the marginalized.

Paswan’s unforgettable political acumen, including the steps he took to get the Mandal Commission report implemented in 1990, made him a political luminary. This is the story of a Dalit icon who could make or break governments in his home state. In this first ever biography (in English) of Ram Vilas Paswan, Sobhana K. Nair paints a vivid portrait of an iconic figure whose unwavering dedication to social justice reshaped India’s socio-political landscape.

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Author

  • Sobhana K. Nair is Deputy Editor at the Hindu and has previously been with Mumbai Mirror, Hindustan Times, the Telegraph and Indian Express.

ISBN
9789392130410
Binding
Hardback
Page Extent
204
Weight (kg)
0.7
Height (in)
8.5
Width (in)
5.5
Subject
Biography
Published Date
04/03/24
Publisher
Roli Books

Author

  • Sobhana K. Nair is Deputy Editor at the Hindu and has previously been with Mumbai Mirror, Hindustan Times, the Telegraph and Indian Express.

ISBN
9789392130410
Binding
Hardback
Page Extent
204
Weight (kg)
0.7
Height (in)
8.5
Width (in)
5.5
Subject
Biography
Published Date
04/03/24
Publisher
Roli Books

Reviews

Badri Narayan Author and Professor- G B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad

Published Date:- January 12, 2024

This is a comprehensive and dispassionate description of the life and times of Ram Vilas Paswan.

Jairam Ramesh MP, former Union Minister and Author

Published Date:- January 12, 2024

Ram Vilas Paswan was one of the most colourful of India’s political personalities. For over four decades he was an influential voice on behalf of social justice. Sobhana Nair has now produced a very racy account of the many twists and turns that had been the hallmark of Paswan’s career. Her narrative is not only of one man’s ups and downs but also of the turbulent times which shaped him and that he also did much to shape.

Manoj Kumar Jha – MP and Professor, University of Delhi

Published Date:- January 12, 2024

A definitive work on the life and career of Ram Vilas Paswan is essential to fully understand politics in Bihar as well as contemporary India. Sobhana Nair’s book addresses this gap. Her book is an engaging and careful biographical record that allows the reader enough space to assess Paswan’s legacy against crucial social and political contexts. Accessibly written, this book needs to be read widely.

Shekhar Gupta- Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Print

Published Date:- January 12, 2024

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.


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