English 536 (50 B/W illustration) About the author Jairam Ramesh is a member of Parliament since 2004 and has been a union minister between 2006 and 2014. He is the author of a number of acclaimed works including Indira A Life in Nature (2017), Old History, New Bifurcating Andhra Pradesh (2016), To the Brink and India's 1991 Story (2015), Legislating for The 2013 Land Acquisition Law (2015), Green Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India (2015), Making Sense of Reflections on China and India (2005) and others. Before becoming a politician, he worked in various capacities in the Government of India including the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Finance, Planning Commission and Ministry of Industry. Sample Pages