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Wednesday, November 15

How Prime Ministers Decide
Time:
3:30 pm
Presenter:
Neerja Chowdhury
Location:
4130 Wesley W Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Asian Studies Center and Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs

Award wining journalist Neerja Chowdhury will discuss her recent book: How Prime Ministers Decide India’s prime ministers have taken decisions that changed the course of the country’s history.

This book by Neerja Chowdhury, an award-winning journalist and political commentator, goes beyond the news headlines to provide an eye-opening account of how some of the most important political decisions in independent India were taken.

Based on hundreds of interviews that the author conducted with prime ministers, key figures in the political establishment, bureaucrats, aides, policymakers, and even fixers—the book provides remarkable insights that have been gleaned over forty years of high-level reporting on the national political scene.
How Prime Ministers Decide is an unparalleled book about modern Indian politics which will change the way we view how prime ministers govern the country.