{"product_id":"durbar-1","title":"Durbar by Tavleen Singh","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDurbar 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"17\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eTavleen Singh\u003c\/strong\u003e is a prominent Indian journalist, author, and political commentator, known for her incisive reporting and candid analysis of India's political landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eBorn in 1950 in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, she was educated at Welham Girls' School and St. Bede's College, Shimla.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eIn 1969, she pursued a short-term journalism course at the New Delhi Polytechnic.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eSingh began her career in journalism in the mid-1970s, working with \u003cem data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"83\"\u003eThe Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e in New Delhi.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eOver the years, she has contributed to several prestigious publications, including \u003cem data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"98\"\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"118\"\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e (London), \u003cem data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"142\"\u003eIndia Today\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"168\"\u003eThe Indian Express\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eShe currently writes weekly political columns in English for \u003cem data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"81\"\u003eThe Indian Express\u003c\/em\u003e and in Hindi for \u003cem data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"111\"\u003eAmar Ujala\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"126\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eJansatta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44273597808897,"sku":"2SJ8JMTC1-Used","price":199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/jksd_f09787b2-9ac8-4a5e-b645-21b415ede229.jpg?v=1665997032","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/durbar-1","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}