Shantanu Gupta, Ajoy Bose and Snigdha Poonam

Описание: The Craft of Political Biography: Yogi Adityanath and Mayawati: Shantanu Gupta, Ajoy Bose and Snigdha Poonam

Shantanu Gupta is an author, TEdx speaker and political analyst. His latest book, The Monk Who Became Chief Minister, a biography of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, is listed as the Most Memorable Non-Fiction Books of 2017 by Amazon. His other books include, Uttar Pradesh, Vikas Ki Pratiksha Mein, Compilation of Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat and Education Policy in India: Voice, Choice and Incentives.Gupta has worked for a decade as a process and management consultant in many cities in India, Switzerland, Cyprus, Hungry and Israel.

Ajoy Bose is a leading television commentator and columnist in India. He has written two widely acclaimed books on the Emergency and a definitive political biography of Dalit leader Mayawati. His retrospective book on The Beatles in India fifty years after, Across The Universe, will be out in February, 2018.

Snigdha Poonam is a Delhi-based journalist. Her first book is Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World and Yours.

The Craft of Political Biography: Yogi Adityanath and Mayawati:
Indias vibrant democracy has produced many unusual and charismatic leaders with fascinating life stories. Two writers of political biographies, both of leaders from Indias largest state of Uttar Pradesh, speak of their books and the larger than life cast of characters that inhabit them.

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