{"product_id":"citizen-delhi-my-times-my-life-hardcover","title":"Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe girl who loved cycling along the tree-lined avenues of a brand New Lutyens' Delhi could never have dreamt that five decades later she would govern, and transform, Delhi as its chief minister - not once, but thrice consecutively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a politician like Sheila Dikshit, with a career spanning over three decades, chooses to let the reader get a glimpse of her life's journey, the opportunity brings along an element of surprise. In a fascinating account of her life, contoured along the life of the nation and her political party at critical junctures, she creates a richly patterned universe with deft touches, seamlessly moving between the home and the world, the past and the present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBe it encounters with politics, which she terms 'life at its barest' or the ups and downs of a household, what shines through is the portrait of a modern woman determined to face any eventuality with fortitude, and a deep sense of duty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterestingly, she never wanted to be in politics, but destiny willed otherwise - a destiny shaped by her liberal upbringing in a Punjabi household. Brought up to be independent, she chose her life partner from another part of India. And that started it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the wife of an IAS officer and daughter-in-law of well-known freedom fighter and politician, Uma Shankar Dikshit, with his long association with the Nehru-Gandhi family, she saw governance from both ends. When she began assisting her father-in-law from 1969, her up-close view of politics eventually became a springboard for her own entry into the arena in December 1984, inaugurating a 30-year-long career in politics. The narrative foregrounds a question that the author considers crucial for democracy - how does one deal with the constant tussle between the dictates of governance and the here-and-now preoccupations of party politics?\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":43882398417153,"sku":"2NST0USQP-Used","price":199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/CitizenDelhi.jpg?v=1639572867","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/citizen-delhi-my-times-my-life-hardcover","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}