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Durbar by Tavleen Singh

Durbar by Tavleen Singh

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Durbar is a first-person account of some of the most impactful incidents that took place at the hands of the Central Government. It begins with an account of the Emergency in 1975, when the author began her career as a junior reporter with The Statesman, and moves on to chronicle the instabilities of the times that followed.

The Emergency was a landmark event that set the course of the spiral of incidents that followed it: Indira Gandhi’s assassination followed by Rajiv Gandhi’s ascent to power, a period fraught with struggles and turbulence in the government. He was accused of following nepotism in the corridors of power, and was associated with many controversies such as the the anti-Sikh riots, the Bhopal Gas tragedy and the Bofors scam, which served to tarnish the impeccable image of the Congress in the days to come.

About the Author

Tavleen Singh is a prominent Indian journalist, author, and political commentator, known for her incisive reporting and candid analysis of India's political landscape. Born in 1950 in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, she was educated at Welham Girls' School and St. Bede's College, Shimla. In 1969, she pursued a short-term journalism course at the New Delhi Polytechnic. Singh began her career in journalism in the mid-1970s, working with The Statesman in New Delhi. Over the years, she has contributed to several prestigious publications, including The Telegraph, The Sunday Times (London), India Today, and The Indian Express. She currently writes weekly political columns in English for The Indian Express and in Hindi for Amar Ujala and Jansatta

 

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