Mainstream, Vol 47, 18 April 2009
P.C. Joshi: A Biography by Gargi Chakravartty; National Book Trust, New Delhi; 2007; pages 119; Rs 30; ISBN 978-81-237-5052-1.
The crowning of Atal Behari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the Prime Minister of India on May 16, 1996, even if for just 16 days, formally ended the political domination of the Congress. Since then India has been ruled not by any single party but by an alliance of parties. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and (...)