The Commissioner for lost causes / (Record no. 39254)
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| fixed length control field | 02078cam a2200229 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780670096404 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0670096407 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng- |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 324.2092 |
| Item number | SHO-C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Shourie, Arun |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Commissioner for lost causes / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Arun Shourie |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Haryana : |
| Name of publisher | Penguin random House, |
| Year of publication | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 600p. |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Include Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The work done by Arun Shourie and his colleagues rocked institutions and governments: the freeing of 40,000 undertrials; revealing the Bhagalpur blindings; purchasing Kamla; dislodging a 'Sultan'; foiling 'strikes'; controverting Judges; battling privilege motions; courting contempt of court charges; nailing corruption, forgeries, lies, and the opportunism of rulers; uncovering suppressed reports... What lay behind these and the consequences that followed?<br/><br/>A comprehensive account of dramatic incidents like getting governments to swallow legislation against the press, unseating of chief ministers, a prime minister unspooling himself even as manoeuvres to unseat him are scotched, a deputy prime minister trying to dislodge colleagues with fabricated documents, people's movements ending up as rivulets in the sand, The Commissioner for Lost Causes discusses Shourie's innings, the calumny hurled at him, his dismissal, and his being recalled and removed again.<br/><br/>Delicious tales of characters from the noble to the colourful to the short-sighted to outright bounders: from JP, to a president, to prime ministers, a deputy prime minister, chief ministers, a conman, indignant editors, and of course a great warrior, the press baron, feature in this honest retelling of the life of Arun Shourie, the writer, former editor and minister who was acclaimed as one of the fifty 'World Press Freedom Heroes'. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Journalists |
| Form subdivision | Biography |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Press and politics |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Investigative reporting |
| General subdivision | Political aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political corruption |
| Form subdivision | Case studies |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Accession Number | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 20/05/2024 | Overseas press India Pvt Ltd | 718.39 | 20-03-24 | 324.2092 SHO-C | 54355 | 20/05/2024 | 995.00 | 20/05/2024 | Books |