Jairam Ramesh

Indira Gandhi (eBook, ePUB)

A Life in Nature

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From an acclaimed economist and politician, a unique, never-before-seen look at the life of one of India's most well-known prime ministersIndira Gandhiand her work to protect the environment and champion the preservation of nature and the climate. Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India for sixteen years, was as charismatic as she was controversialboth admired and criticized for her political judgments and actions. Yet what has never been fully revealed is her lifelong commitment and love for nature and how that defined her very being. Weaving personal, political, and environmental history, politician and scholar Jairam Ramesh presents a compelling portrait of an extraordinary public figure. He chronicles how and why she made a personal passion a public calling; how her views on the environment remained steadfast even as her political and economic stances evolved; how her friendships with conservationists led to far-reaching decisions to preserve India's biodiversity; how she urged, cajoled and persuaded her colleagues in making significant decisions regarding forests and wildlife; and how her own finely developed instincts and initiatives resulted in landmark policies, programs, and laws that have endured to this day. Drawing extensively from unpublished letters, notes, messages and memos, Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature is both a lively, engaging narrative about the little-known parts of Indira Gandhi's life, and also sheds important light on climate change and sustaining the environmenttoday's most pressing global issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788193355251
• Artikelnr.: 48450210

Autorenporträt

Jairam Ramesh, a member of Parliament, has authored a number of bestselling books including Old History, New Geography: Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story, Legislating for Justice: The 2013 Land Acquisition Law, Green Signals: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India, Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India, and Kautilya Today: Jairam Ramesh on a Globalising India. He lives in New Delhi.