num_pages: 301
description: In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of the Financial Express to join Manmohan Singh as his media adviser. Singh and Baru had been close and Baru a great admirer of the technocrat who had ushered in the 1991 reforms saw this as an opportunity to help a man he admired lead India down a new path. As Singhs eyes and ears and self-appointed conscience-keeper Baru saw the transformation of Manmohan Singh from technocrat to politician. In his account he tells his story of what it was like to manage public opinion for Singh and how their relationship unraveled while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. Capturing the heady early days of UPA-1 to the high noon of the nuclear deal The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the most important and intimate accounts of the prime minister and UPA-1.
language: English
title: The Accidental Prime Minister
publisher: Viking