Indira Gandhi - Tryst with Power

Indira Gandhi - Tryst with Power is a book that focusses on the life of one of India's most popular politicians - Indira Gandhi. How did she come to power? Did the nation blossom under her rule? for people who have been pondering on such questions, this book has the answers that they have been looking for. Indira broke the conventional, democratic ruling method that her family had been using and adopted a somewhat authoritarian way of ruling the nation.

The emergency that was declared during her reign is shown in this book to be a means of bringing in her son Sanjay into the political scene as her obvious successor. However, after Sanjay's death, Rajiv Gandhi entered politics and gained almost immediate popularity. All of these political changes showed just how determined Indira Gandhi was to ensure that her family retained its right to rule.

This book offers unparalleled detailing concerning the personal life and political life of Indira Gandhi from the author, who is her own cousin. Owing to this close family link, the book is filled with accounts that could only be told by a family member who knew the Nehru family for a long time. Indira Gandhi's highly individualized style of functioning in politics has been spoken about at length in this book, along with the countless changes that took place in the political scene of the nation when it was under her rule.

An in-depth portrayal of the life and times of one of India's greatest political leaders, Indira Gandhi - Tryst with Power has been published by Penguin India in the year 2012 and is available in paperback.

Key Features:

• This book is by an award-winning author, who is also a close family member of the Nehru family.