Indira Gandhi - Prakriti Mein Ek Jiwan (Paperback)

Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India for sixteen years, was as charismatic as she was controversial-at once admired and criticized for her political judgements and actions. Yet beyond such debate, what has not been fully understood is her life-long communion with nature and how that defined her very being. Weaving personal, political, and environmental history, politician-scholar Jairam Ramesh narrates the compelling story of Indira Gandhi, the naturalist. He tells us why and how she came to make a private passion a public calling; how her views on the environment remained steadfast even as her political and economic stances changed; how her friendships with conservationists led to far-reaching decisions to preserve India's biodiversity; how she urged, cajoled, and persuaded her colleagues as she took significant decisions particularly regarding forests and wildlife; and how her own finely-developed instincts and beliefs resulted in landmark policies, programmes, initiatives, laws, and institutions, that have endured. Drawing extensively from unpublished letters, notes, messages, and memos, Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature offers a lively, conversational narrative of a relatively little known but fascinating aspect of Indira Gandhi's tumultuous life. Equally, the book acts as a compass to India at a time when the country faces the formidable challenge of ensuring ecological security and sustainability in its pursuit of high economic growth.

General

Imprint:	OUP India
Country of origin:	India
Release date:	March 2019
Authors:	Jairam Ramesh (Honourable Member of Parliament)
Translators:	Anchit Pandey
Dimensions:	230 x 158 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-949385-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-19-949385-5
Barcode:	9780199493852

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