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100			_aSugata Srinivasaraju _9139340
245			_aStrange Burdens: _bThe Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi
260			_aUSA _bVintage _c2023
300			_axxii,311p. _bHB _c22x14cm.
365			_2Management _aBLCR-000057 _b594.00 _c₹ _d699.00 _e15% _f18-10-2023
520			_aStrange Burdens is not a biography but a book of political commentary. It examines and analyses Rahul Gandhi's ideas and leadership since he officially entered politics in March 2004. It journeys all the way to the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on 30 January 2023 and captures the dilemmas of his disqualification a couple of months later. The narrative here crawls across two decades with the intention of understanding Rahul Gandhi's politics and predicaments, confusions and contradictions, triteness and triumph, as well as his burdens and benignity. It is not the purpose of this book to understand his failures and successes in tabular columns but speculate in the best traditions of political commentary why he is where he is, both politically and as an individual. The book does not seek to answer questions about his suitability or unsuitability for a public role but is rather focused on how he has been caught in the currents of history. It is not a myth-busting or myth-making exercise, nor is it an inquisition; it is a pursuit of political insight. Since the book is about Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, it cannot not be about Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Examining one automatically illuminates the other. The book looks at the contrasts and convergence of the two personalities and the two parties they represent.
650			_aPower Abdication _9139137
650			_aReconciliation _9139138
650			_aAmnesia and Anachronism _9139139
700			_aSRINIVASARAJU (Sugata) _9139140
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