Book:Indian Realities In Bits and Pieces
Author: Sham Lal
A collection of over hundred articles from veteran journalist Sham Lal`s writings anaylze the various forces at work and their impact on the course of events in India. He looks at India`s overall experience since independence - a period marked by defeated hopes, warped institutions and a fractured political life which has led to a sharp decline in the steering capacity of the state. Sham Lal is at his best when he describes when he describes how these forces cut both ways.
The author has interacted with a vast range of people, not just to locate the flaws and gaps in their reasoning but to test and correct his own ideas of the processes at work. His interest in literature and social sciences has given a sharp analytical edge to this book. Bureau Report