Democracy on the Road

Ruchir Sharma author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd May '24

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A gripping portrait of how India and its democracy work, by the international bestselling author of Breakout Nations and The Rise and Fall of Nations

For two decades bestselling author Ruchir Sharma has chased election campaigns across every major state in India, travelling the equivalent of a lap around the Earth. Democracy in India takes readers on a rollicking ride with Ruchir and his band of highly informed fellow writers as they talk to farmers, shopkeepers and CEOs from Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu, and to interview leaders from Narendra Modi to Rahul Gandhi.

No other book has taken readers so close to the action, or traced the arc of modern Indian politics so immediately. Offering an intimate view inside the lives and minds of India's political giants and its people, Sharma explains how the complex forces of family, caste and community, economics and development, money and corruption, Bollywood and Godmen, have conspired to elect and topple Indian leaders since Indira Gandhi.

A timely account of the realities of politics in the world's most populous democracy -- Victor Mallet * Financial Times *
Sharma's account of his travels offers a fascinating insight into the quixotic characters populating India's political landscape. Along the way, we meet mavericks and ministers, holy men and hoaxers. Sharma is a diligent, informed and sympathetic guide -- Oliver Balch * Prospect *
A high-speed, breezy drive through two decades of electoral politics -- Menaka Doshi * Bloomberg *
Packed with nuance and detail of the many Indias that make India * Vogue *

ISBN: 9780141990163

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

352 pages