![]() ![]() With an extremely dramatic chapter to begin with (the author uses his journalistic experience to excellent use) he describes the immediate events post the former Prime Minister’s death. For the most part, the author does not get lured into a trap of making it a hagiography. Half Lion is an attempt by its author Vinay Sitapati to put forward an honest account of PV Narasimha Rao’s life. This book charts the journey of this man, from his origins in rural Andhra to the Prime Minister’s Office. ![]() At the age of 70, and with the intention to retire from active politics and become the head of a Hindu Monastery, Rao was presented with an invaluable opportunity to transform the nation. ![]() The man who finally achieved this feat was none other than – Pamulaparti Venkata (PV) Narsimha Rao. It requires a man with the audacity of a lion, dwarfed as a mouse but equipped with the shrewdness of a fox, to achieve this improbability. In a nation obsessed with the utopian vision presented by its founding Prime Minister and carried forward by his dynasty by being in power for all but five years till 1991, it is a highly improbable task to tinker with the status quo let alone bring about a transformation. ![]()
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