01232nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100120008008200220009210000160011424500270013026000590015730000330021652006870024965000450093665000390098170000180102020220129103628.0220129b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a817476478x  cAL  aEnglish  223a320.954bJAIP  aJaya Jaitly  aPodium on the Pavement  aNew DelhibUBS Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd.c2004  aix 401 p.bHBc22.5x14.5 cm.  aJaya Jaitly began work with India's craftspeople over thirtyfive years ago and joined the democratic socialist movement in 1982. Theone-sided attack on the Sikh community in Delhi following the assassination ofPrime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 saw she throw herself into relief work andpolitical activity by joining the Janata Party. She later became Secretary ofthe Janata Dal and the General Secretary of the newly formed Samata Party in1994, and its President in 2001. A Podium On The Pavement is a selectionfrom her works published between 1984 and 2003 spanning topics ranging frompolitics, foreign affairs, the media, crafts and handloom's and women'sempowerment.
READ MORE  aIndia -- Politics and government -- 1977  aIndia -- Social conditions -- 1947  aJAITLY (Jaya)