Democracy on the Road
Ruchir Sharma has been one of pragmatic economic political commentators that one should follow in India considering his experience in this field.
The book is a decent read on the authors journey of tracking elections and elections campaigns across India ranging from the Hindi heartland states to the states in southern India. Some observations include the complex relationship between economic gains and political gains, welfarism and development politics from the time of Rajiv Gandhi to the Modi, anecdotes of various campaigns in UPBihar, Bihar, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Bengal. The centre state relationship and how federalism has evolved in the last few decades make it worth reading for anyone following Indian politics and election campaigns.
Campaigns stories right from early 90s covering Chandra Babu Naidu, Mayawati to Mamta Di, Jayalalitha, Lalu Yadav etc etc have been covered in good details
What makes democracy thrive and so Much more stronger than in many other parts of the world, what role does caste, cash and candidate selection play in winning or loosing an election, cricket, Godmen, Bollywood and their love for politics, all of these and much more are written in this book.
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