A new India: Selected details

Book review of A New India: Selected Writings 2014-19

Arun Jaitley does not need any introduction. The Supreme Court lawyer, Bharatiya Janata Party member and minister, had a dazzling public career that ended with his death in August 2019. Jaitley was also a writer of non-fiction. He could make his points land like falcons on unsuspecting prey. This book’s foreword by Prime Minister Narendra Modi paints Jaitley as “one of the most reliable voices to pierce through the fog and make important points on the outlook of the government.” The phrase “outlook of the government” means the government’s opinion on or interpretation of its  own actions, that may well