Why ‘Of Love and Politics’ is the best book on politics you’ll read by an Indian Author.

What happens when Congress, BJP and CPI youth leaders end up in a love triangle?  Of Love and Politics by Tuhin Sinha attempts to answer exactly that and manages pretty well on that front.

This might just be the best book I've read by an Indian Author!

A political scion, a civil officer turned politician and a do gooder- this is no ordinary love story. There’s not much I can say about it but the writer (Idk what his political leanings are) has tried to remain as objective as possible.

All things good and bad about all these different political ideologies are analysed in such a deft manner, you’d hardly believe how masterfully Tuhin crafts his words. 

  

From the time of the Partition, to the Wars India has fought, to minority appeasement by way of reservations, to capitalist politicians, to the issue of Kashmir, to Karl Marx, anything to everything related to Indian politics has been addressed in the book.

Want to form an opinion of Kashmir? This book might give a neutral view.

What happens when a BJP leader locks horns with a Communist!

And all this has been done so skillfully by never losing the characters that you’ll never for once lose interest in the plot. 

The dilemma of these three characters- modern day leaders who want to do something for their country- when they see that the ideologies of their respective parties are skewed and not exactly what they’ve stood for all along is amazing to read. Their journeys of ‘unlearning’, taking each others places is a delight to read and an eye opener for the reader.

What makes them go on this journey? Their troubled personal lives and the 2008 Mumbai attacks that makes them question everything they’ve believed in and stood for before that. 

You'll get to know what goes through the mind of every public servant. EVERY one of them.

 
My opinion? This is perhaps the easiest way to educate oneself about Indian polity as it is very neutral whilst dealing with every political school of thought and at the same time resonates with a young reader who’s more aware about the circumstances in the country  but at the same time lost in his personal life.