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'''''Of Love and Politics''''' is a novel by [[India]]n author [[Tuhin Sinha]]. Set against the backdrop of [[Indian politics]], the book is an unusual and a first of its kind endeavor, which despite being a fictitious story about relationships, fixes responsibility for some of India’s biggest political failings during the last 63 years.<br />
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The book was published by [[Hachette India]] on 25 June 2010. A series of columns written by Sinha called "Love Thy Leader" that appeared in ''[[The Times of India]]'' generated unprecedented curiosity about the novel prior to its release.<br />
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==Themes==<br />
The book plays upon several ideas:<br />
* That politics, [[religion]] and/or [[ideology]] are issues that seem impersonal and relatively inconsequential in our daily existence, and yet sometimes, the influence cast by them is such they make or break personal bonds.<br />
* That ideological differences do impact personal bonds.<br />
* That Indian politics tends to be largely [[promiscuous]] – perhaps a fallout of being overly [[democracy|democratic]]. As such alliances are entered into and broken pretty much conveniently out here.<br />
* Paradoxically enough, in the book, a similar making and breaking of personal alliances takes place between [[Aditya Samar Singh]] (Congress MP), [[Brajesh Ranjan]] ( BJP MP) and [[Chaitali Sen]] ( CPI-M activist).<br />
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==Love Thy Leader Series==<br />
In March and April 2010, Tuhin wrote a controversial series of four columns called “Love Thy Leader” for [[Times Life]], TOI. Each column talked about a [[romance (love)|romance]] involving a key political figure. The column disputed existing notions and sought to provide a different perspective about facts that have often remained clouded in history. While the first column delved into the power play in the romance [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] and [[Carla Bruni]], the second questioned the veracity of the Akbar-Jodha hyphenation; the third probed the possible political implications of the Nehru-Edwina romance, while the last one dwelt upon the bond between [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Eva Braun]], which still remains shrouded in mystery.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/relationships/man-woman/Love-in-the-public-eye/articleshow/5726877.cms]<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/people/Was-it-really-romance-Jodha-Akbar/articleshow/5751348.cms]<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/people/Love-longing-politics/articleshow/5777962.cms]<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/people/Did-Hitler-love-Eva-Braun/articleshow/5821440.cms]<br />
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[[Category:Books about politics of India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian political novels]]<br />
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[[Category:Hachette India books]]<br />
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