Impact of the two new books by Baru and Parakh could be far-reaching

The controversy over the recent books by former insiders at high levels of government was no surprise, and at one point was almost a form of entertainment as accusations and rebuttals flew in all directions. To start with, the timing of Sanjaya Baru’s The Accidental Prime Minister: the Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh (Penguin 2014) and the former Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh’s Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and Other Truths (Manas 2014) would be difficult to explain as an accident.

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