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082	0	4	_a324.2092 _bSHO-C
100	1		_aShourie, Arun _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe Commissioner for lost causes / _cArun Shourie
260			_aHaryana : _bPenguin random House, _c2022.
300			_axiv, 600p. _bill.
504			_aInclude Index.
520			_aThe 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? 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. 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			_aEnglish
650		0	_aJournalists _vBiography _zIndia
650		0	_aPress and politics _zIndia
650		0	_aInvestigative reporting _xPolitical aspects _zIndia
650		0	_aPolitical corruption _vCase studies _zIndia
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