Shakti Sinhaâs Book Gives An Insiderâs View Of The Vajpayee PMO, And Of His Mission For His Motherland
by Aravindan Neelakandan - Dec 29, 2020 08:14 AM
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prakash Singh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Snapshot
Shakti Sinhaâs book on Atal Bihari Vajpayee gives an insiderâs view in a matter-of-fact style.
It is interesting for the reader and valuable for history.
Vajpayee: The Years That Changed India.
Shakti Sinha. Penguin Random House. 368 pages. Rs 529.
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