{"product_id":"0j2xzk1r3an5","title":"Life And Times Of George Fernandes by Rahul Ramagundam [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Militant Trade Union Leader. The Dauntless Political Rebel. The Passionate Socialist Dreamer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is a biography of India's George Fernandes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGeorge Fernandes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1930-2019)-a firebrand trade union leader, socialist politician and incredibly powerful orator-is popularly known for leading the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) in May 1974 and calling upon its approximately 1.7 million employees to strike, which brought India to a halt for twenty days. Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups and downs in his life. From the early years of fighting for the rights of dock and municipal workers of Bombay (now Mumbai) through the Emergency, which he resisted by going underground, to his last private decade as a bed-ridden Alzheimer's patient, his fights were always persistent and single-handed. George could call Bombay to be shut down and rose from its streets to become India's Defense Minister.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Life and Times of George Fernandes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chronicles the story of George, who rose from the streets of Bombay to stride the corridors of power. In this extraordinary biography, Rahul Ramagundam opens a window to George's political evolution and traces the course of the Socialist Party in India from its inception in 1930s to its dissolution into the Janata Party in the late 1970s. In the process, this book explores the trail of India's opposition parties that worked to displace the long-ruling Congress Party from its preeminent position.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComprehensive, evocative and fascinating, this first definitive biography of George Fernandes is an unputdownable tour de force.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48327882801402,"sku":"0J2XZK1R3AN5","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/0J2XZK1R3AN5_1.jpg?v=1746596784","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/0j2xzk1r3an5","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}