One Man, Many Realities

Over the past five years, a goodly number of books have positioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the fulcrum around which their economic and political discourses have flourished. Almost all content formats have been used for this purpose, right from a comic book titled Bal Narendra: Childhood Stories of Narendra Modi, published during the run up to the 2014 polls, to well researched analyses. And all of them have sought to capture the Modi persona from every possible angle the man, the administrator, the visionary leader, the diplomat, the master of social engineering and, of course, the flag bearer of the right wing Hindutva agenda.

Ever since his rise to power, Modi has been a polarising factor, loved and admired by many and loathed by others. Understandably, the books about him are also split into two sharp camps. A good number of Modi books could have been used as campaign