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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- In Appreciation by Dr Abhishek Singhvi -- Foreword by Sunil Aroraxi -- Introduction -- 1 The Festival of Democracy over the Pandemic -- 2 Fake News and Elections -- 3 First General Elections, 1952 -- 4 Seventeen General Elections: Perspectives and Highlights -- 5 The 'Rig' Veda of Elections till the 1980s -- 6 EVM: Everyone's Favourite Whipping Boy -- 7 Dhartipakads of Indian Polls -- 8 Democracy Limps Back in Jammu and Kashmir -- 9 Anecdotes from a Fiercely Contested Poll -- 10 Unsung Heroes -- 11 Paid News -- 12 Good Elections, Flawed Democracy -- 13 Shocking Defeats -- 14 Atmospheric Stories -- 15 Astrological Predictions and Satta Betting -- 16 Winning by a Whisker -- 17 First Past the Post -- 18 Compulsory Voting and E-Voting -- 19 One Nation, One Election -- 20 Political Commuters -- 21 The 'System' -- 22 NOTA: Representing Voter Cynicism -- 23 Missing Festivities -- 24 Voter ID Card -- 25 Electoral Rolls -- 26 The Crisis of Credibility -- 27 Over 2,700 Political Parties in India -- 28 The Criminalisation of Elections -- 29 Money Flows Like Water in Elections -- 30 Electoral Reforms -- 31 Elections: Judicial Challenge -- Epilogue -- Suggested Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book is about public administration in India, which is often synonymous with the role and performance of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The author stresses the indispensability of the civil service in a democratic polity like India and the decisive role it plays in assisting with the social and economic development of the country.

Attempt to highlight the polluted environment endangering the beauty of the Taj Mahal, Agra