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Jaswant joins Dan Brown in bestseller list – again

October 1, 2009 India

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh’s controversial “Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence” continues as No.1 for the fifth consecutive week in the non-fiction section while Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” is the predictable topper in the fiction list this week.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-fiction
1. “Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence”
Author: Jaswant Singh
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs.695.00
2. “The [...]

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No drop in popularity of Jaswant’s book on Jinnah

September 25, 2009 India

The controversial book “Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence” by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh continued to dominate the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week. It has now topped the charts for over a month. Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” topped the fiction list.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-fiction
1. “Jinnah: India, [...]

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Jaswant wonders at Advani’s silence for month on sacking

September 23, 2009 India

Sacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Tuesday reacted coldly to party veteran L.K. Advani’s comments that he was not in favour of his expulsion, saying he will comment on it later and wondering why he remained silent for a month.
“He (Advani) remained silent for a month,” Jaswant Singh said, adding: “I will [...]

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Jaswant defies BJP, holds parliamentary panel meet

September 7, 2009 India

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Monday convened a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament, defying the party’s call that he should quit as its chairman. None of the BJP MPs attended.
Six MPs — including the BJP’s Gopinath Munde, Yashwant Sinha and Shanta Kumar — gave the meeting a miss. [...]

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Jaswant holds parliamentary panel meet, defying BJP

September 7, 2009 India

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Monday convened a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament, defying the party’s call to him to quit the post after his sacking.
Singh Monday called a meeting of the 22-member committee, which scrutinises government spending. He had been appointed its chairman when he was in [...]

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Gujarat High Court overturns ban on Jaswant’s book

September 4, 2009 India

The Gujarat High Court Friday overturned the state government’s ban on former central minister Jaswant Singh’s book “Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state had banned the book Aug 19, two days after it was released in New Delhi and on the day Singh was expelled from the party for his views [...]

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Old RSS hands dismayed by BJP feud, Jaswant sacking

September 3, 2009 India

Old hands in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) mostly do not approve of the ouster of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh and are shocked at the continuing feud in a party once known for cadre discipline.
Some of them also feel the BJP should bury the unsavoury episode – of political veteran Jaswant [...]

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Will not quit parliamentary panel: Jaswant Singh

September 1, 2009 India

A combative Jaswant Singh Tuesday said he would not quit as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, a day after the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was told by his former party to quit the parliamentary post.
Asked by reporters if he would oblige the BJP by quitting the PAC, Jaswant Singh said he would [...]

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Jaswant Singh cannot be excused of expedient silence

September 1, 2009 India

The more expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh exposes embarrassing machinations and failures in his former political sanctuary, the more he also implicitly acknowledges his own acquiescence in the goings-on.
For some strange reasons the media has not asked him two fundamental questions. Why did he choose to remain in a party that seemed [...]

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Northeast, spirituality, Jinnah – diversity at Delhi Book Fair

August 29, 2009 India

Jaswant Singh’s “Jinnah – India, Partition and Independence”, “The Essence of Buddha” by Japanese spiritual master Ryuho Okawa, “The Dhammapada” by Eknath Easwaran, “The Idea of Justice” by Amartya Sen and literature from northeastern India – the 15th edition of the Delhi Book Fair offers book buffs all that’s new in Indian and world literature.
The [...]

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