Jayaprakash Narayan or JP was widely known as Lok Nayak or people s hero. His JP Movement, launched in the 1960s, made him an outspoken voice for justice in Independent India too. Seven little-known stories from JP s life, and two obituaries in Western papers that talk about his ideology and closeness with Mahatma Gandhi.
Book Review: JP To BJP: Bihar After Lalu And Nitish By Santosh Singh
As a new government takes office in Bihar, the book JP to BJP: Bihar after Lalu and Nitish looks closely at the process of saffronisation that has taken place in this landscape.
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One day, Green asked Saffron: what keeps you so vibrant? Saffron smiled: a lot of Green inside me. Once upon a time, the Eastern Indian state of Bihar provided space for socialism to take centre stage. In this well-researched, skilfully argued book, Santosh Singh spells out the journey of Bihar’s politics through his lenses!
An engaging tale of Bihar s journey from socialism to saffronisation
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New Delhi, Jan 11 : Heres a book that aims to explore the story of conflict, confusion and co-existence of the Socialist green and the BJPs saffron in Bihar. JP to BJP: Bihar after Lalu and Nitish (Vitasta-Sage Select) by Santosh Singh reveals the inside story of Chief Minister Nitish s somersault, how BJP President Amit Shah had forced Nitish s return to NDA by opening the Arun Jaitley channel, how former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad spends his time in jail (in the fodder scam), and other such unknown details.