Abhishek Choudhary

Believer's Dilemma

A.B. Vajpayee and the Ascent of the Hindu Right. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,3 cm ( B/H )
Buch (Hardcover), 800 Seiten
EAN 9781035023202
Veröffentlicht Mai 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Pan Macmillan

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'The finest biography of an Indian prime minister that I have read' Ramachandra Guha 'Doubles as a history of Hindu supremacism; it won't be bettered for a long time' Pankaj Mishra Charismatic, sensitive, detached yet quietly ambitious, India's fabled twelfth prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a man of unusual gifts and some dangerous flaws. His unintended entry into politics came in 1948 when he was an underground organizer of the proscribed Hindu-revivalist group, the RSS, one of whose adherents assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. In 1957, he became the first RSS swayamsevak (volunteer) to win a seat in India's parliament, the Lok Sabha. Soon, he became popular for his fiery speeches and maudlin poetry, bridging the contrasting worldviews of India's first prime minister, the liberal Jawaharlal Nehru, and Vinayak Savarkar, the leader of the conservative Hindu Mahasabha. In 1998, he became prime minister and steered India to a multi-party democracy. But his premiership also paved the way for Hindu revivalism and the rise to the power of the BJP. Abhishek Choudhary's Believer's Dilemma is a riveting account of the long career of one of the most influential and enigmatic Indian politicians, from his origins in Gwalior to his membership of the RSS, from his co-founding of the BJP to his premiership and its aftermath.

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Abhishek Choudhary studied economics in Delhi and Chennai, and has worked since 2010 in development (Pratham, IGC-Bihar) and journalism (Governance Now, Hoot, Newslaundry). His writing has appeared in a range of publications, including Anandabazar Patrika, Caravan, Deccan Herald, EPW, Himal Southasian, HuffPost India and Indian Express. He was awarded the New India Foundation fellowship in 2017 to research the life of Atal Behari Vajpayee. During the winter of 2021-22, he was a scholar-in-residence at the International Centre Goa. The Believer's Dilemma is his first book.

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