About the Book :
Best friends Azim Khan and Karan Nehru never considered politics
acareerchoice,butthen fate decreedotherwise,Forcedby circumstances to rethink
their professions, the two friends find themselves willy-nilly contesting he
elections. Slowly but surely, Azim makeswesternUttarPradeshhis electoralfiefdom
and begins his journey to becoming the leader of Muslim India; Karan establishes
himself as the overlord of eastern Uttar Pradesh and the adjoining states.
Together they make their way to the top, never compromising their
friendship,until,finally,as cabinetministers inashaky coalition government under
the prime ministership of the wily former Congressman Y K Naidu, their widely
differing ideologies and temperaments, abetted by the malevolence of their
colleagues, and the sheer scale of unfolding events, all combine to uphold the
conventional wisdom that there are no friends in politics.
About the Author :
Krishan Partap Singh was born in Chandigarh in 1976. As a diplomat’s son, he
spent his childhood in Cairo, New York and Ankara, finally completing his
schooling from ModernSchool,BarakhambaRoad,New Delhi. He then attended the Stern
School of Business at New York University after which he worked for Merrill
Lynch in Dubai. He lives in New Delhi.