The Saffron Tide
Kingshuk Nag . Rupa Publications India . English
A comprehensive, unbiased and timely biography of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The counting of votes in the general elections of 2014 began on the morning of 16 May. By mid-day, the Bharatiya Janata Party stormed into power with a full majority in the Lok Sabha, the only other party after the Congress in 1984 to have received such a resounding mandate. The BJP traces its origins to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, originally set up by Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951 to take up the cause of Bengali Hindus
Categories: Fiction
About the Author
On the staff of the Times of India (TOI) for the last twenty-one years, KingshuK nagis a passionate follower of India's political economy. A recipient of the prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for excellencein political reporting and analysis, Nag has lived and worked in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad and is now based in Hyderabad as the resident editor of TOI. An alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics, Nag became a journalist after working as an economic consultant for a few years. Books previously authored by Nag include The Double Life of Ramalinga Raju: The Story of India's Largest Corporate Scam, Battleground Telangana: The Chronicle of an Agitationand the bestselling The NAMO Story: A Political Life.
