An Undocumented Wonder: The Great Indian Election

S Y Quraishi . RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD. . English

The great Indian election continues to generate global interest and wonder, partly on account of its uninterrupted success and partly because of the obvious challenges of demography, geography, and the mind boggling diversities. How are these elections conducted? What were the challenges faced by the Election Commission of India? How did it overcome these challenges? What are the ideals and principles that drive the people involved in completing this mammoth task? An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election answers these and many more questions about what has been termed often as the 'great dance of democracy'. The book avoids the 'kiss and tell' track, nor does it seek to entice readers with any 'spill the beans' approach. Instead, the attempt is to serve and satisfy the readers' genuine curiosity through a first person account of the recent electoral history and the challenges encountered. Along with highly informative and exciting inside stories of Indian elections, the author shares his experiences and knowledge from the time when he served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Categories: Fiction

About the Author

Dr S.Y. Quraishi joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1971. After holding several key positions, he rose to become the 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India, the world�s largest democracy. An alumnus of St. Stephen�s College, Delhi University, he has a postgraduate degree in history and a doctorate in social marketing. As the Election Commissioner and Chief Election Commissioner of India (2006-2012), he introduced a number of innovative electoral reforms and strategies for voter education and participation. He has delivered lectures on democracy and elections at prestigious universities including Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina and Cambridge. He is also the author of Social Marketing for Social Change and two path-breaking papers, �Islam, Muslims and Family Planning in India� and �Islam & AIDS�. His coffee-table book Old Delhi�Living Traditions is also quite popular. Dr Quraishi is well known in India and abroad as a development thinker. He has travelled widely to represent India at international conferences and dialogues and has figured in The Indian Express list of 100 Most Powerful Indians of 2011 and 2012 and India Today�s High and Mighty power list, 2012.

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