Jaya Jaitly creator JAITLY (Jaya) text New Delhi UBS Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 2004 monographic eng Eng lis h

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ix 401 p. HB 22.5x14.5 cm. Jaya 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 India -- Politics and government -- 1977 India -- Social conditions -- 1947 320.954 JAIP 817476478x 220129 20220129103628.0