With Political colours pervading the Indian summer, we at oxfordboostore.com, sprinkle some simmering yet pleasant assortment of titles for you. We also present our salutations to the vibrant festivity of “Right and Power” through books on political figures, beliefs, poll trivia and lots more….

Sonia Gandhi: Trails of Triumph
by P Sood

The book traces the life of the political genius who pulled the sinking ship of the Congress out from the troubled waters and restored the party its glory. This book depicts her journey from the warm lanes of Italy to becoming the daughter-in-law of the first family of India (Nehru-Gandhi) and her emergence as a powerful figure in the Indian polity and one of the most influential persons on the Globe. Unlike the conventional biographies that take the shape of history, this book charts the metamorphosis of the shy Sonia into a charismatic leader of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition at the Centre. It is rather an evolution of the mind and the personality.
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My Country My life
by L K Advani

Lal Krishna Advani was born on 8 November 1927 in Karachi. At a very young age of fourteen, Advani dedicated himself to serve the nation by joining the Rashtriya Swayamsevaks Sangh (RSS). In September 1947, Advani made his final exodus from Karachi amidst the tragic events surrounding Indias Partition. His political journey began in 1951, when Syama Prasad Mookerjee founded the Jana Sangh. The partys ideologue and chief organiser, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, was a major influence on his ideology and idealism. Advani was elected President of the Jana Sangh in 1973. He was incarcerated in jail for nineteen months during the Emergency,along with thousands of pro-democracy activists who fought under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan. He was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the Janata Party government in 1977-79. He has served as the President of the BJP for the longest period since its inception in 1980. He was Indias Home Minister in the Vajpayee government (1998-2004) and Deputy Prime Minister (2002-04).A Member of Parliament since 1970, and recepient of the Award for Outstanding Parliamentarian, he is currently Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. L.K. Advani is widely regarded as a national leader who combines intellectualism, integrity and mass appeal.
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Behenji - a Political Biography of Mayawati
by Ajoy Bose

Mayawati has changed the face of politics in India, turning old assumptions upside down and restructuring power equations entrenched for centuries, if not millennia. The path she has blazed through the Byzantine political system of Uttar Pradesh has been a unique tour de force. Not only has she been the chief minister four times, but she has done so by overturning the established electoral traditions of a state that virtually invented modern Indian politics. With her in-your-face political style, unabashed display of accumulated wealth and mercurial nature, she is, perhaps, the most enigmatic Indian politician for decades.
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Political Profiles of Cabals and Kings

With elections looming large, wouldn't you want to know more about the leaders you'll be voting for? Find out about the personalities behind the faces—where they come from, who they are close to, what influenced their politics besides other snippets of information that very few know about. Written by seasoned journalists, and Put together by Business Standard, Political Profiles: Of Cabals and Kings presents an objective view of India's 39 most important leaders. A must read for everyone.
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A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st Century
by Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar looks back to the changes that have taken place during the ‘Time of Transition’—the two decades since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi left office after the Lok Sabha elections of November 1989. Rajiv Gandhi was only the 4th full-term prime minister of India in four decades of independence, but the last 20 years have seen as many as 8 prime ministers and several governments. Accompanying the change from single party governance to the instability of coalitions are major transformations in the pace, trajectory and even the goals of nation - building. These contentious transitions that are reflected in the five major themes of this volume: Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, Nonalignment, and Neighbourhood Policy.
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India Express
by Daniel Lak

In this panoramic view of the new India, Daniel Lak uses vivid narrative to show that the world's largest democracy is well on its way to becoming not only one of the world's dominant economies but perhaps the next liberal superpower. Combining anecdote, travel writing, factual reportage, and expert commentary, Lak takes his readers on a heady tour of this rapidly changing land. The result is a lively and riveting portrait of how growing wealth and influence are fashioning India into the next superpower.
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Breaking free of Nehru: Let’s unleash India
by Sanjeev Sabhlok

In this book, Sabhlok writes energetically and with great hope for India's future. He had a vision of a new India and wants to share that with us. He begins by asking , why India wanted independencein the first place - namely, to achieve individual freedom. Then he asks whether India is truly free today. He goes on to analyse the factors that are constricting India's freedom and finally delves deep to find the reasons behind the rampant corruption and blatant inefficiency in Indian governments. Nehruvian socialism becomes his prime suspect.Assesing a range of disparate facts, Sabhlok confirms that socialism has indeed been the bane of India. He recommends that India should break free of Nehru's legacy of socialism, and at the same time should significantly strengthen Nehru's legacy of democracy. He postulates a set of policies of freedom whose proper implementation, he believes, will clean up India's corrupt politics; infuse efficiency and vigour in the Indian bureaucracy; and will eliminate India's abject poverty. Sabhlok's analysis, supported by research, makes use of a repertoire of knowledge and experience that includes working for 25 years in India and Australia.
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How to Rig an Election
by Allen Raymond

Fresh out of grad school, Allen Raymond joined the GOP for one reason: rumor had it that there was big money to be made on the Republican side of the aisle. From the earliest days of the Republican Revolution through its culmination in the second Bush White House, Raymond played a key role in helping GOP candidates twist the truth beyond recognition during a decade of crucial and bitterly fought campaigns. His career took him from the nastiest of local elections in New Jersey backwaters through runs for Congress and the Senate and right up to a top management position in a bid for the presidency itself. It also took him to prison.
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India of my Dreams-a collection of essays

From senior cabinet ministers and captains of industry to internationally acclaimed economists and provocative journalists, India's most respected individuals came together for this unique collection of essays. The accounts discuss the sharing glimpses of what India could, and hopefully will, be. The range of topics and the breadth of vision will provoke academics, economists, innovators, and others to explore the country's future.
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An Anthropologist Among The Marxists
by Ramachandra Guha

This classiest collection of essays have been revised, expanded and updated for this book. A good part of it is taken up with Gandhians and pseudo-Gandhians, Marxists and anti-Marxists, and of individuals the author has known or studied, admired or disliked. ‘Inside every thinking Indian there is a Gandhian and a Marxist struggling for supremacy’, says Ramachandra Guha in the opening sentence of this wonderfully readable book of ideas, opinions and reflections. A substantial portion of the book expands on this salvo: it analyses Gandhians and pseudo-Gandhians, Marxists and anti-Marxists, Nehruvians and anti-secularists, democrats and Stalinists, scientists and historians, environmentalists and cricketers — in short all those who comprise the intellectual life of thinking Indians today.
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