01652nam a22002657a 450000500170000001000370001702000260005403500160008003500170009603500170011303500130013003700250014303700170016803700130018508200120019810000180021024500980022826000410032627000940036730000240046150000190048552008150050460000270131965000400134620191004103848.0  aBAC-EN21/ B-576416    ENG-111482  a9780670086740c599.00  aB-576416     aB-730478-479  aB-583706-736  aEN-95014  bPansy Books/Venadpl  bUBH/Venadpl  bDBAD/PUB  a320.954  aBaru, Sanjaya  aThe accidental prime minister :bthe making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh /cby Sanjaya Baru  aGurgaonbPenguin Books(Viking)c2014  aPenguin Books India Pvt Ltd., 7th foor, Infinity Tower C, DLF Cyber CitybGurgaone122002  axvi,301p.c24cm(Hb)  aIncludes index  aThe Accidental Prime Minister is Baru’s account of what it was like to manage public opinion for Singh while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. As Singh’s spin doctor and trusted aide for four years, Baru observed up close Singh s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. In this book he tells all and draws for the first time a revelatory picture of what it was like for Singh to work in a government that had two centres of power. Insightful acute and packed with political gossip, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life and a superb portrait of the Manmohan Singh era.  a Manmohan Singhd1932-  aPrime ministerszIndia vBiography.