Book description
Bharat News Ticker: Prime Minister Azim Khan takes office, becomes
first Muslim to lead India…Pakistan rejects peace talks after
hostilities end in the Indo-Pak war…Unconfirmed reports suggest Deputy
Prime Minister Karan Nehru's disenchantment with PMO…Tensions with China
escalate as India is accused by Beijing of 'sheltering Tibetan
extremists and abetting instability in Tibet'…Ulema leaders ask PM to
cater to Muslim interests or face backlash…US presidential candidates
debate South Asian crisis…Opposition parties prepare for the possible
fallout of a Khan-Nehru split… Assuming power in the messy aftermath of
a war with Pakistan, and mounting hostility with a belligerent China,
Azim Khan inherits an India in crisis. Heading a shaky coalition, his
leadership is questioned at every turn - most visibly by Deputy PM Karan
Nehru, his once-best friend and, more insidiously, by other scheming
detractors hidden within his government. India's first Muslim PM must
earn the trust of the Indian people with his leadership and prove he is
the man with the ability to heal the wounds of the past and chart a path
to a united and bold future for the nation. Buffeted by history,
conflicted by ideology, and curbed by his own limitations, Azim and his
team of idealists face the ultimate test. Will they succeed? The
concluding volume of the bestselling Raisina Series, The War Ministry is
a gripping account of the day-to-day functioning of a prime minister and
his office.' Krishan Partap Singh is a former banker who now lives and
writes in New Delhi. He is the author of The Raisina Series, a trilogy
of novels set in the political village of Lutyens' Delhi, India's seat
of power, of which this book is the third. The first two books in the
series, Young Turks and Delhi Durbar, were published by Hachette India
in 2010. He can be reached at raisina. series@gmail. com
