Maverick messiah : a political biography of N.T. Rama Rao /
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| Author / Creator: | Ramesh, Kandula, author. |
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| Imprint: | Gurgaon, Haryana, India : Ebury Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021. |
| Description: | xiv, 471 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13444355 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Act I.
- A Thriller Unfolds
- A Self-made Star
- First Shot
- Caste-based Party?
- Colourful Campaign
- The Setting
- Reel or Real God?
- Historic Victory
- A Failed Reprisal
- Act II.
- A New Beginning, Interrupted
- Battling against Bureaucracy
- National Recognition
- Costume Drama
- Congress Convulsions
- The Game Begins
- Coup on 1-Day
- Indira on the Back Foot
- Feather in NTR's Cap
- Trial by Fire
- Third Coming
- Act III.
- Stirring Things Up
- Altering Status Quo
- Reformist Zeal
- Telugu Cultural Rejuvenation
- Conservative Backlash
- Face-off with Naxalites
- NTR and the Media
- Karamchedu Carnage
- Secular Swamiji
- Fight for the States' Rights
- Act IV.
- The Reel and the Reality
- NTR, a Casteist?
- Judicial Attack by Congress
- The Murder that Shook Vijayawada
- The Image Trap
- Rising National Stature
- The Debacle
- Role Reversal
- A Comeback of Sorts
- Act V.
- The Unkindest Cut
- A Cinderella Story
- Parvathi's Rise
- Back with a Bang
- Coup Unfolds
- Parvathi's Climbdown
- Reasons for NTR's Downfall
- Curtains
- Fight over NTR's Legacy
- New Leadership Style
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes