TY - BOOK AU - Kamath,M.V AU - Kalindi Randeri TI - Narendra modi:The architecture of a modern state U1 - 954.0533092 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Rupa KW - Politics and government KW - Hinduism and politics KW - India--Gujarat KW - Politicians N2 - Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, is one of the most misunderstood chief ministers that India has seen ever since Independence. He has frequently been criticised following the torching of the coaches of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra and the riots that occurred as a result. The English media, especially, has come down heavily on him for supposedly not taking swift action against the rioters. What is the truth about Narendra Modi> With a lot of original research as their foundation for this work, the authors have come up with this discourse which attempts at making the picture a bit clearer. The book encapsulates the journey of this man from the time when he was an RSS pracharak, always ready and willing to give up power to serve his country. The book traces Narendra Modi's career and the manner in which he has turned the state into India's number one industrial state in the bare space of about half-a-decade ER -