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Leaders, Politicians and Citizens Fifty figures who influenced India’s politics
Author: Rasheed Kidwai
Publisher: Hatchette
Pages: xiv + 350
Price: Rs 499
This collection of 50 sketches, which the author Rasheed Kidwai calls “obituaries”, bears a somewhat misleading subtitle. While there are two presidents, four prime ministers, nearly a dozen state chief ministers among those covered, several others would probably merit not even a footnote in history. The choice of subjects is quite eclectic and the length of sketches varies, from barely two pages (Hazarilal Raghuvanshi, an obscure Madhya Pradesh minister, whose sole claim to fame appears to be his walrus moustache) to
