Author : Ashutosh
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9350296608
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Book Synopsis Anna by : Ashutosh
Download or read book Anna written by Ashutosh and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Hazare's fast unto death in August 2011, demanding the enactment of a strong Lokpal Bill, was a watershed moment in post-independence India. Coming soon after a slew of corruption exposes, the movement galvanized an increasingly disenchanted middle class like nothing had in decades.Well-known Hindi journalist Ashutosh weaves together the story of the thirteen days that changed India. He had a ringside view of the developments, stationed as he was at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, the venue of the fast, and had intimate access to the two warring parties: the Congress government at the Centre and Team Anna. Evoking the Jayaprakash Narayan movement and Gandhi's satyagraha, Ashutosh mines the history of India's post-independence politics to understand the phenomenon that is Anna Hazare.