ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Y C Halan, PhD from JNU and Senior Fulbright Fellow, joined journalism after 22 years of teaching at Meerut College and Delhi University; worked at senior editorial positions in The Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Chronicle and Observer groups of publications. He was Member, Press Council of India; Treasurer, Editors Guild of India; Member, Governing Boards of LBS Institute of Management, New Delhi & Bareilly; three DU Colleges and five DPS Schools and President, Delhi Film Society. He was Business Advisor to Duncan Goenka Group; Member, Board of Directors, American Studies Research Center, Hyderabad and Kribhco Shyam Fertilizer Company Limited and member, Social Science Faculty, University of Delhi; Academic Council of Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management-Research, New Delhi. He has written several books, among them Reach the Top; Managing Persons; Managing Leadership; Managing Time, Managing Sale; The Success System, and Poverty in the U.S.A.
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ABOUT THE BOOK:- Modi vs Indira Gandhi, a factual narration, analyses of how the two became India's Prime Ministers, though they came from two different directions, had two different upbringings, personalities and followings, were differently trained for political management and become prime ministers differently. Modi was raised in a lower middle-class family, living in scarcity while Indira was brought up in a politically powerful, affluent and aristocratic family. Modi moved slowly to power from RSS pracharak to BJP's General Secretary, Gujarat's Chief Minister and ultimately Prime Minister. Indira was trained by her father and sharpened her political skills in Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet. Modi understood people and their problems by extensively traveling in India. He helped solving their difficulties coming to power. Indira became PM because being born in Nehru dynasty, though she never mixed and understood people and their problems. The book is interesting study of two giant Prime Ministers of India.
Contents : -
Acknowledgements.7 Foreword .9 Preface .11 1. Early Life of Narendra Modi .15 2. Indira Gandhi: Early Life.27 3. Modi: Political Life in Making .39 4. Political Training of Indira .61 5. Modi Becoming PM .81 6. Indira Becoming PM .139 Epilogue .151 References.155 Index .171
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