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Q86 (IAS/2024) Miscellaneous & General Knowledge › Persons in News, Books & Authors › Books and Authors Official Key

Who of the following is the author of the books "The India Way" and "Why Bharat Matters" ?

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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the current External Affairs Minister of India, is the author of the books "The Indian Way" and "Why Bharat Matters".[1] Dr. Jaishankar is a distinguished diplomat and India's current External Affairs Minister, serving since 2019. "The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World" was published in 2020 and presents his perspectives on India's foreign policy approach in the contemporary global context. "Why Bharat Matters" is his subsequent work that further elaborates on India's rising global significance and strategic positioning. Both books reflect his extensive experience in diplomacy and offer insights into India's engagement with the world from a practitioner's viewpoint. The other options—Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister), Nalin Mehta (journalist and author), and Shashi Tharoor (MP and author)—while notable figures, are not the authors of these specific books on Indian foreign policy and strategic affairs.

 

 

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Q. Who of the following is the author of the books "The India Way" and "Why Bharat Matters" ? [A] Bhupender Yadav [B] Nalin Mehta [C] Sha…
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Did Bhupender Yadav author the books "The India Way" and "Why Bharat Matters"?
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Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 2: Major Approaches to the History of Modern India > Marxist Historiography/ Approach > p. 15
Strength: 5/5
“The beginning of the Marxist approach in India was heralded by two classic books—Rajni Palme Dutt's India Today and A.R. Desai's Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Originally written for the famous Left Book Club in England, India Today, first published in 1940 in England, was later published in India in 1947. A.R. Desai's Social Background of Indian Nationalism, was first published in 1948. Unlike the imperialist/colonial approach, the Marxist historians clearly see the primary contradiction between the interests of the colonial masters and the subject people, as well as the process of the nation-in-the-making. Unlike the nationalists, they also take full note of the inner contradictions between the different sections of the people of the Indian society.”
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History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 5: Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist Struggles > REFERENCES > p. 72
Strength: 4/5
“• 1. Bipan Chandra, et al., India's Struggle for Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2016. • 2. K.A. Manikumar, A Colonial Economy in the Great Depression: Madras, 1929-37, Orient Longman, 2002. • 3. Irfan Habib, Indian Economy 1858-1914, A People's History of India, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2016. • 4. Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist, National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2006 • 5. Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol-2.”
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This is a reference list format that pairs authors with book titles (e.g., 'Bipan Chandra, et al., India's Struggle for Independence'), showing standard bibliographic citation practice.

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Indian Economy, Vivek Singh (7th ed. 2023-24) > Chapter 7: Indian Economy after 2014 > And this magnificent building of self-reliant India will stand on 5 pillars: > p. 247
Strength: 3/5
“In order to understand the intellectual underpinnings of Atmanirbhar Bharat, therefore, it is necessary to skip past the socialist-era connotation of the termto an earlier era of thinkers like Swami Vivekananda. Today's "Aatma nirbhar Bharat" reflects upon the idea of 'self-reliance' given by Swami Vivekananda in the second half of the 19th Century, which was about resilience, leveraging internal strengths, personal responsibility, and a sense of national mission. Atmanirbhar Bharat is not just a slogan but a vision with deep roots in India's intellectual tradition and it means standing up confidently in the world, and not about isolationism behind "narrow domestic walls".”
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Discusses the use of 'India' and 'Bharat' in political/intellectual discourse, indicating that both terms are commonly used in titles and subjects of books about national ideas.

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Recognize that titles using 'India' or 'Bharat' are plausible for works on national themes; check subject-indexes or book summaries for these titles to see if Bhupender Yadav, known as a political figure, is the author.

India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World > 8.2 Print and the Poor People > p. 126
Strength: 2/5
“In the twentieth century, B.R.Ambedkar in Maharashtra and E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker in Madras, better known as Periyar, wrote powerfully on caste and their writings were read by people all over India. Local protest movements and sects also created a lot of popular journals and tracts criticising ancient scriptures and envisioning a new and just future. Workers in factories were too overworked and lacked the education to write much about their experiences. But Kashibaba, a Kanpur millworker, wrote and published Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal in 1938 to show the links between caste and class exploitation. The poems of another Kanpur millworker, who wrote under the name of Sudarshan Chakr between 1935 and 1955, were brought together and published in a collection called Sacchi Kavitayan.”
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When searching for authorship, include possible variants of Bhupender Yadav's name or institutional/pen names and check publisher metadata to confirm identity.

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