{"product_id":"d-k-shivakumar-congresss-crisis-manager-karnatakas-kingmaker-9789357316811","title":"D.K. Shivakumar: Congress's Crisis Manager, Karnataka's Kingmaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kidwai, Rasheed\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hachette India\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hachette India\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCongress's Crisis Manager. Karnataka's Kingmaker. India's Most Watched Political Survivor. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the Indian National Congress needed someone to hold a crumbling coalition together, manage a rebellion or turn the tide in a losing state, there was one name the party turned to: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eD.K. Shivakumar. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the biography of that man. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the red-soil villages of Kanakapura in Karnataka to the highest offices of state power, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eD.K. Shivakumar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by award-winning political journalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRasheed Kidwai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e charts the extraordinary rise of one of India's most watched – and most relentless – politicians. Known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 'Kanakapura Bande’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (‘the Rock of Kanakapura’), Shivakumar has survived ED raids, jail, political exile and decades of being passed over – and emerged stronger each time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis authoritative political biography covers: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis roots in Karnataka's Vokkaliga heartland and the making of a grassroots political machine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow he became \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCongress's most trusted crisis manager\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – deployed to rescue governments in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa and beyond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fierce rivalry and uneasy alliance with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSiddaramaiah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that defines Karnataka politics today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2023 Karnataka election\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – strategy, sweep and the bittersweet power-sharing that followed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis complex equation with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGandhi family\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and his long, patient wait for the chief ministership\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe contradiction at his core: strongman and strategist, temple devotee and Bengaluru's moderniser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with deep access and political insight, this book is essential reading for anyone tracking the future of the Congress party, the battle for Karnataka and the shifting fault lines of Indian democracy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIf you follow Indian politics, you need to understand D.K. Shivakumar. This book is where you start. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette India","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47973324619927,"sku":"9789357316811","price":455.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789357316811.webp?v=1783061155","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/d-k-shivakumar-congresss-crisis-manager-karnatakas-kingmaker-9789357316811","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}