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The 2014 Indian general elections has been regarded as the most important elections in Indian history since 1977. It saw the decimation of the ruling Congress party, a spectacular victory for the BJP and a new style of campaigning that broke every rule in the political game. But how and why? In his riveting book, Rajdeep Sardesai tracks the story of this pivotal election through all the key players and the big news stories. Beginning with 2012, when Narendra Modi won the state elections in Gujarat for a third time but set his sights on a bigger prize, to the scandals that crippled Manmohan Singh and UPA-II, and moving to the back-room strategies of Team Modi, the extraordinary missteps of Rahul Gandhi and the political dramas of election year, he draws a panoramic picture of the year that changed India.
- Sales Rank: #4386486 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 5.51" h x 1.06" w x 7.99" l, .60 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
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With a new prologue Splendid ... anyone who wants to understand Indian politics or think they do should read it. --Indian Express
Delightfully written ... he has a sharp eye for details, especially the actions of political leaders India Today
Holds you to your seat, often on the edge ... The Hindu --Various
Candid and forthright ... and deliciously indiscreet- Hindustan Times
A racy narrative that goes beyond recording immediate political history- Tehelka --Various
About the Author
Rajdeep Sardesai is one of the country s most recognized and respected journalists. In a career that started in 1988, he has been anchor, editor and columnist across TV and print. He was city editor of the Times of India in Mumbai at twenty-six, became the managing editor of NDTV and later set up the IBN 18 network, including CNN IBN, IBN 7 and IBN Lokmat. He is currently consulting editor to the India Today Group. A former president of the Editors Guild, Sardesai has won several national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, in 2008. He lives in Delhi with wife Sagarika, children Ishan and Tarini, and their beagle, Nemo. This is his first book.
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My Moral compass is spinning so fast and I feeel 'Secular' now!
By Jenny Jacobs :-)
This book was the one I had most anticipated as Election 2014 was a landmark election by all means!And I had followed it since,well,forever!So many Indians did!It was an election when India decided to do away with corruption and so called 'Nehruvian discourse' (Fake secularism with soul+Economy crushing socialism =corruption) finally!!And 2014 was also an election in which popular anger against corruption came out in full force in favor of crushing defeat of India's leftist 'secular' coalition the UPA!
Many factors were responsible for Indian National Congress (INC) annihilation in Election 2014,in which the party got a mere 44 seats,which is a dip of 162 seats from previous tally of 206!And 5 chief reasons were responsible for this massive debacle!
1=Corruption -Duh!Any1 who knows India knows this!
2=Arrogance- The kind of spokespersons Congress sends to TV debates says it all!Arrogant,elitist and rude!Classless and cringe worthy!!Also they have to sell a corrupt and S***ty product (INC politics) which doesn't help!Of course then you have jewels like Aiyers and Sibbals as INC leaders for example,you get my point!!
3=Nepotism!-Duh!Again!INC and Nepotism have become so synonymous that I believe dictionaries can cite this as an example!A textbook example of feudalism tinged with nepotism is INC's 'pinnacle'
4=Fake Secularism=Vote bank politics!So much so that INC has become a newer version of Muslim league with some Christian support!!
5=Lack of communication-So many INC leaders are not on the social media!They lack communication skills,innovations and are hopeless!Of course I get their predicament as they have a very out of date s***ty product to sell!But still BJP is way ahead of them in fact, light years ahead of them on this front!INC seems to think that they are the voice of the 'poor' who lack any internet connection(thanks to INC politics itself which has kept them so poor after 58/66 years of INC national rule!) while the BJP is the party of urban India (in their mind of course!As you see BJP was supported by rural India as well in all elections after 2012!INC missed it of course!)So BJP 'needed' social media presence INC didn't!(Big mistake!)Or this edge the BJP had in the field of mass communication won't play a significant part electorally(It did!)!
Now these were the 5 pillars based on which INC dug it's own grave!If you were an eminent journalist,with a 'Ringside view' to all these political happenings in India,you wouldn't miss out these obvious things,right??
Oops!Wrong!You actually CAN!How ? You ask?Welcome to '2014: The election that changed India'
A reporter with a missionary zeal to label and indict Narendra Modi as the 'Butcher of Gujarat' (With No evidence btw,but does it matter??) he made his name nationwide with 24/7 negative coverage of 2002 Gujarat riots on NDTV and later Cnn IBN!And in process he earned accolades from anti Modi camp(read INC and allies) and scorn of Modi supporters or Bhakts as he refers to them in the book!
So naturally,if you follow Indian politics you belong to one of these 2 groups!And you either admire this worldview or hate it!Naturally you have a strong opinion on this 'divisive' 'polarizing' 'journalist' (I said that!) if you follow Indian politics!So the balancing task would be to write a narrative of the election 2014 that would satisfy both these groups (It never works!) which he has tried to do in #2014TheBook anyway!
This book is voluminous,353 pages long and starts with 2012 December Gujarat elections and then somehow dips back into 2002 during the whole 1st chapter!You have to read between the lines to get the clear message the author wants to send the reader as he clearly won't say these!(Sorry AAPtards and INC sycophants,NaMo isn't called a butcher of Guj directly in the book!) Much of the message and tone in the book is like 'You connect the dots' that kind!Attempt to look Subtle is clear in this book(ironic) and the author tries to be a centrist in this books(fails miserably though)
He won't call NaMo a butcher in his words but would mention how he and his team were met by bloodthirsty mobs just outside of his office after their interview the CM,so apparently the CM must've ordered these mobs to go after the NDTV team,right?You connect the dots!
To his credit,he just says that on that day and in 2002 more generally,VHP and it's chief Dr.Togadia were the ones who ran the streets,the Guj CM was not(incompetent!)and he manages to claim this with a straight face:'I have never been anti-Modi' which spawned a derogatory hash-tag on twitter called #LiarRajdeep (You connect the dots!)
The book misses out elephant in the room all the time!For example,no mention of that Muslim Boti-Boti guy (Nehruvian secular discourse and idea of India of course!) of UP's Sarhanpur(Who claimed that he will tear apart NaMo if he steps foot in his place cuz Sarhanpur has 42% Muslim population!) (Well,thank you for making it clear that that's what Muslims do when they are 42%,it kinda makes our point about extremism inspired by a large Muslim population!!Haha) INC's corruption doesn't get mentioned a lot of times nor does their arrogance!!I mean how can you miss out such an issue in a book about the election in which those issues did the most harm to Indian Nepotist Congress??
It is not bad per se,at times at least,it seems interesting,The book has some humor in it too,like how Rajdeep 'made' AAP by suggesting to Ms.Bedi and Gen.VK Singh to bring Anna Hazare to Delhi instead of Mumbai because Indian Media is too lazy and won't cover his fasts because of the physical distance between media's HQ in Delhi and Mumbai!(huh?) (Yeah,I connected the dots!!)
Also how Rajdeep prevented Mr.Sharad Pawar from becoming India's PM (Yeah!I connected the dots!)
I mean really??
No,above 2 cases weren't sarcasm or humor!He says these things!!He prevented the PMship of Mr.Pawar (Thanks!) and AAP wouldn't have existed had it not been for Rajdeep who suggested to bring Anna to Delhi!!
Then of course there are gems in the book which would show you his worldview.
'Ganga feels holly at the dawn,resembles sewer in the dusk' (82% mark in Kindle)
'There was something in the Gangaetic planes (of #Amethi ) that retarded growth' (chapter 9 in the book)
Actually it is 'secular' politics and pure feudalistic nepotism that has enabled UP to be in it's current state of dire poverty,but Rajdeep fails to see it for what it is!
Why?Why would some1 miss THAT?Indian left with their 'secular credentials' has kept India in darkness and poverty!Being 'secular' ensures you have support of Muslim populations without doing anything else and no matter what!!It's condition-less and homogenous!Look at all leftist secular parties and INC as their ring leader!Blind support by 2 minorities(20% of total population,BTW!Not some cute minority in distress!!They're 20% of India's population!!)All you have to do is wear a topi and bash the BJP and Hindus in India and they'll come!!Your misdeeds and arrogance will be looked over!!
This poison has ruined the political system in India for so long!It's not a real democracy,it's a facade!If you are secular,you can count on certain large sections of society voting blindly for you!All that you have to do is to monopolize some Hindu caste or a group in your side(like MSY and Lalu for example) with minorities and you keep on winning!
INC has innovated this brand of politics!And they have been the uncontested leaders of India for so long because of this!But like Mexico,prolonged rule by 1 sided leftist ideology for 58 out of last 66 years since 1947 has ruined India!This whole culture of corruption,babudom,license raj and red tapes are entirely due to INC!And journalists help INC perpetuate this culture by letting them off!Take this for example,
in this book he profiles Lalu as one such leader,an episode of his iview with Rajdeep in a shade to show his village 'roots' etc,after this ,Rajdeep admits that despite his corruption,he admires Lalu for 'A principled stand against majority led communalism'
See??This is the mindset that has become a cornerstone of Indian leftists!They will let people go on as long as they bash BJP and declare themselves as secular and protectors of the alleged 'Idea of India'
This is why there were so many cries of Dalal media and paid Indian media by the BJP supporters in the lead up to the 2014 elections!!
Just because INC leaders are 'secular' all their sins are supposed to be forgiven!AAP is secular so their ideology which is dubious at it's best is to be tolerated!AAP's alleged ideology (no1 knows what it is even after 1 year!) keeps changing as they go!!They switch between far left,looney left,frankly communists(Actual commies were offered LS tickets!Even Naxal sympathizers!So were radical Kashmiri Muslim leaders who were offered LS tickets by AAP!) and leftists!!All noise no substance!But all of this supposed to be OK as long as they 'protect' India from fascism and Nazism!(FYI,the original Nazis were leftists and socialists!!And they competed with German communists for the left of center space in then German Politics!See the name??Nzai=National SOCIALISTS!!Incidentally there's NO capitalist secular parties in India!Secular left is all socialist or even communists!But Indian political commentators just don't care!!They cry hoarse calling BJP a fascist party!Forget that original were fascists and Nazis all were leftists just with a nasty nationalistic streak!The fact is in 2014 India craved an ideological cure!!UPA has only bolstered already draconian rules and regulations for businesses in India!Ask any American business person about India and they'll tell you,it's a very corrupt place where doing business is so hard-this would be the standard response!
Of course he expresses his adoration for 'Idea of India' and secularism(Indian style) and he is free to do so!!He could have clearly stated his ideology and preferences (which we do know anyway!) but mentioning that he is not 'Anti Modi' is really something else!!If he's not anti Modi then the earth is flat,pigs can fly and Lena Dunham is just a girl(not a molester!!) haha
But humor aside,there are several points in the book which make you question his (so called) moral compass!
For example,part of the book where he mentions the famous cash4Vote scandal,where he says he had it on the video but won't air it before verifying it,while the voting was going on in the parliament!So he has no problem maligning the BJP govt in Guj for 2002 riots without such 'direct evidence' (that the govt was onto it!) like the incident he mentions in the book about false reports of a Hindu temple being burned in Anjar,yet they aired it anyway!!Yet it seems his moral compass took over his decision making and Rajdeep did not air the evidence of a sting for Vash4Vote on time!OR was it his love of the idea of India that prevented him from airing the dirty laundry of the 'Secular' UPA??
His bias screams in the book from time to time!
For example,after painting NaMO as a power hungry narcissistic divisive leader,the portrayal of Rahul Gandhi seems so benign!Apparently he isn't just a product of dynasty and a textbook example of nepotism(The way all non-sycophant India sees him!),in this book he comes off as a reluctant leader,childish,not good at picking his team!He lets him off so easily!He is just a novice,a newbie who was undone by his hand picked team of whiz-kids!!
No mention of Vadra's magical land deals,not that prominent anyway!he fake Gandhis are not perceived as the draconian feudalistic overlords of the banana republic!(The way they actually see themselves!). The corruption is swept under the rug,also their feudal mindset,arrogance and unaccountability don't get mentioned!
What was the NAC(The anti India cabal) that advised SG and ruined Indian economy which was on its way up during the NDA1 era?It was a sinister cabal of pro Naxal,pro Jihad 'activists' and the nerve center for the UPA government!Perhaps the most sinister group of individuals that had so much influence on policies of India and leftist turn she took after Indians elected the UPA in 2004!All of these don't get their due when necessary in the book!
Also the book is filled with cliches and repetitive uses of phrases like 'Ringside view' and 'The truth lies in the middle' I cringe every-time I hear or read these phrases!For example,in 1st 70 pages,the words 'Ringside view' are mentioned for 7 times!!The whole essay resembles like news blogs and HT/TOI articles rather than a book!!
How can we end this book review without the ever menacing Internet Hindus?You know,the kind who are Hindus when they surf the internet?Also a very highly educated group with over 90% of them being doctors/engineers or MBAs etc..
But how do they come across in the book?
Here's a quote:
Apparently in 'pescular' world:'Tech Geeks can be ideologically rigid and illiberal'
Re: #HDL #Internet-Hindus
How the BJP comes across?Power hungry,greedy,fascist and loathsome,backwards and jingoistic
INC?Nvm!
In fact,the tone of the book is more in line of AAP's Ambani/Adani rhetoric!Here he kinda tries to let go of 2002,and paints BJP's stunning victory being a result of India corporations and MNCS!Not as a result of India's rejection of INC's corrupt socialist Islamofascist politics!But as a result of uncouth Indians being duped by big businesses!What a #Fail
There are some high points in the book as well,sheer volume of 353 pages,plus the part about Rahul Gandhi's maiden interview of 2014 and the story about how Arnab Goswami got it and NDTV who had the original dibs on RG were shunned cuz Times Now had better ratings was interesting,however,even here in the book jealousy of Arnab is hilariously evident!353 pages might make this book look big but there are so many things that could have been added and this could have been a 550 pages book easily!Also the book is not written in a boring textbook style,rather it reads more like a big collection of HT/TOI articles and blogs!So we're used to this style anyway and that helps!1st chapter is deficient language wise but it improves as we go further,strictly speaking about language and the style,not details!It's a standard double talk in the book,when he appears to be praising the BJP,you can feel his scorn and connect the dots type prose!Some1 who is a low information voter(Read AAPtards) would get duped by this easily(and would cry hoarse-Sab mile hue hain ji,all are Ambani Adani agent and RS is a Hindu nationalist!!Haha)
He tries to paint NaMo as the ultimate power-hungry narcissist but himself comes of as a grandiose self aggrandizing elitist snob!(Isn't that the criteria for INC leaders?#JustAsking :-)
Then there is condescension!I mean,duh!I would feel proud too if I had ACTUALLY(and not in some alternative reality) created AAP and prevented mr.Pawar from taking reins of India as her PM,wouldn't I?
But the part where he tries to question the media and the role they played in the lead up to 2014 (Media was very harsh towards NaMo since 2002 with NDTV and CNN-IBN etc leading the way!) as if he was some1 neutral to begin with (and had the supreme authority as the number 1 news personality would have)is positively funny!!Guess what?The person who you scorn the most is India's number 1 news anchor!Arnab Goswami!!Who is like Bill O Reilley and Sean Hannity rolled in one could ask such questions,who are you again?Lol )
Malice is,his game,like I said earlier:connect the dots theme,he doesn't offer evidence/fact based answers to questions he asks,he just leaves it to the readers but in a pretty obvious suggestive manner!Partisans will think it's in their favor,but it's a purely commercial double game and it's frankly very sleazy!But of course then there are poor poor AAPians who 'don't get it' or might not 'get it' so the book makes it clear with mentions of quote by Pritish Nandy in which he calls NaMo as sm1 with all characteristics of a fascist!!(In case if it wasn't clear,it is now!) This quote comes in very last pages,again a balancing act I guess!He just wouldn't let it go but had he mentioned in the 1st chapter(whole chapter about 2002) the reader would have known how he thinks and how his posing as a centrist neutral observer is completely fake!!It's like a sandwich,he would demonize NaMo in the 1st chapter,than switch to balance it with very fluffy critical bits about INC and the dynasty,as 2014 nears,his narrative becomes that of AAP's cacophony about Adani/Ambani etc(Not directly but it's implied!!) however in the end we all 'know' that we just witnessed a fascist take over of the secular India and how the world will end tomorrow!!
Also,make no mistake,current ads and excerpts seem to be engineered towards appeal to the BJP supporters!As you already know,this book is not anti congress,not anti AAP either,he's fooling you!!It's a very sleazy but characteristic marketing ploy!BJP comes off as a crony capitalist party and NaMo as a power hungry great orator!While RG comes off as a starry eyed cute kid who was duped by a team of high talking whiz kids!44 seats of INC is not a result of INC corruption,arrogance,Islamism,nepotism and scams!As per the book,BJP supported by big business and fascist Hindu forces swept to the power with ease as INC just didn't have a good communication strategy!Any excerpts/news articles show criticism of INC are just balancing acts or merely token criticisms that don't carry much weight if you read the book cover to cover!!So beware!Don't be duped!
As for leftists and secular types,you will like the book!You can believe it too!!Go ahead!Make my day,dont correct your mistakes!I would love to see a congress mukt Bharat anyway!! :-)
Even BJP fans ask me,why did I read it?Many ask:How dare I?
Well,I felt every1 deserves a chance and every1 is free to have ideologies and we're a free country!Also I really cared about 2014 election,followed it all the time and was interested in reading,to relive everything!16th May was a magical date by all means and to hear it all from a guy who worked 24/7 to prevent it is a sinful sadistic pleasure!
Why I wrote this review then?Coz I saw articles and excerpts which highlight some of very very few anti INC/AAP tidbits and felt that BJP fans are being misguided as are INC/AAP fans(They think this is something neutral,lol)
Besides we should always listen to the other side cuz no ideology or political party is perfect!
BJP needs to be different than sycophants!We must ask our govt hard questions so that nepotism and complacence doesnt enter i the BJP,BJP is already way better than the leftists on this front anyway!(Don't you remember how we took objection against pro Gaza stance by GOI recently?Even the Israelis were surprised to see us rising up against our own party in such a large number!!That's real democracy and not sycophancy!Hence the label of a party with difference and BJP must maintain this character!!It's admirable and must continue,so BJP must listen to the other side,improve ourselves!!Coz no1 is perfect!!)
He tries hard to paint a panoramic picture of diverse Indian electorate and parties..Fails miserably..
Ends up painting a very judgmental out of touch one sided picture!
0 stars!
45 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
Anti-Modi Propaganda in every possible way
By Silicon Valley
Filled with pro-AAP propaganda and anti-Modi rhetoric. This should not come as news to anyone who know Rajdeep's biased coverage of Arvind Kejriwal when he headed CNN-IBN and his extreme hatred for Modi. In this book, he leaves no opportunity to take a dig at Modi, even when he is seemingly praising him. He wants to believe that, while Modi is a cunning, scheming man with deadly ambition, Rahul Gandhi is "well-intentioned", and just a victim of circumstances. He even shamelessly gushes on and on about Priyanka Vadra's charms and charisma. This book is pathetic, even for Rajdeep's standards.
31 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
... the book and can safely say one of the worst books, in terms of content I have ever ...
By Deepak Sharma
I read the book and can safely say one of the worst books, in terms of content I have ever read. It is just filled with lot of tittle tattle of Lutyen's incestuous cabal with some bits of 'secularism', 2002, Gujarat etc expected rhetoric. Sardesai comes across as petty, vindictive and motivated in his agenda which ironically the public so resoundingly rejected in the elections. One wonders what is he on to still continue to perpetuate this nonsense.
Do NOT waste your money on this book.
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