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The Paradoxical Prime Minister
AuthorShashi Tharoor
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNon-fiction
PublisherAleph Book Company
Publication date
26 October 2018
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages504
ISBN9789388292177

The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India is a 2018 Non-fiction book written by a senior leader of the Indian National Congress[1] Shashi Tharoor,[2][3] about the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. The author is a political adversary of Narendra Modi[4] and the book was released just a few months before the upcoming Indian general election, 2019 by fellow party members Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram and Arun Shourie.[5]

In the book, Tharoor examines and questions the tenure of the Modi government. He said that his criticism are based on "facts and figures" along with examples.[6] Tharoor said that he questioned the "foreign policy, India's relationships with the neighbourhood countries, the priorities, the episodic nature of much of our foreign policy conduct, the inconsistent yo-yoing of relationship with Pakistan" of Modi's tenure.[6] The book was published by Aleph Book Company.[7]

Reception

Sudheendra Kulkarni in his review of the book on The Hindu wrote: "Tharoor is largely silent on the shortcomings of his own party’s long, and not always praiseworthy, stints in governance. This has greatly contributed to the partisan nature of the book."[8]

Saket Suman of Business Standard wrote in his review: "What Tharoor does, and succeeds in doing, is show his readers what Modi said and says, and what he and his government did during the four years of their rule so far."[9] Anirudh Madhavan of The Week wrote: "Tharoor echoes the sentiments of the many who oppose Modi, but does so with academic rigour."[10]

References

  1. ^ "Shashi Tharoor will be the first chief of the All India Professionals' Congress". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ "The 29-Letter Word That Shashi Tharoor Used To Announce His Book On PM".
  3. ^ "Hindi not our natural, national language: Shashi Tharoor in The Paradoxical Prime Minister".
  4. ^ Sanyal, Anindita (28 October 2018). "RSS Source Said PM Modi "Scorpion On Shivling": Shashi Tharoor". NDTV. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Narendra Modi a paradoxical Prime Minister who failed electorate: Manmohan Singh". The Indian Express. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b Phukan, Sandeep (27 October 2018). "It's one-man, top-down rule: Shashi Tharoor". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ^ "'The Paradoxical Prime Minister': Tharoor introduces his new book on Narendra Modi". National Herald. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. ^ Kulkarni, Sudheendra (23 November 2018). "'The Paradoxical Prime Minister — Narendra Modi and His India' review: The face behind the mask". The Hindu.
  9. ^ Suman, Saket (30 October 2018). "'Scorpion', not 'Shiva lingam', is Tharoor's subject (Book Review)". Business Standard. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. ^ Madhavan, Anirudh (3 November 2018). "Calling out Contradictions". The Week. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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