Citizen Delhi : (Record no. 31419)
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| fixed length control field | nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 180825b2018 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789386826473 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.04092 DIK-S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dikshit, Sheila |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Citizen Delhi : |
| Remainder of title | my times, my life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Sheila Dikshit |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Bloomsbury |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 175 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 499.00. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | The girl who loved cycling along the tree-lined avenues of a brand new Lutyens' Delhi could never have dreamt that five decades later she would govern, and transform, Delhi as its chief minister - not once, but thrice consecutively.<br/>When a politician like Sheila Dikshit, with a career spanning over three decades, chooses to let the reader get a glimpse of her life's journey, the opportunity brings along an element of surprise. In a fascinating account of her life, contoured along the life of the nation and her political party at critical junctures, she creates a richly patterned universe with deft touches, seamlessly moving between the home and the world, the past and the present.<br/>Be it encounters with politics, which she terms 'life at its barest' or the ups and downs of a household, what shines through is the portrait of a modern woman determined to face any eventuality with fortitude, and a deep sense of duty.<br/>Interestingly, she never wanted to be in politics, but destiny willed otherwise - a destiny shaped by her liberal upbringing in a Punjabi household. Brought up to be independent, she chose her life partner from another part of India. And that started it all.<br/>As the wife of an IAS officer and daughter-in-law of well-known freedom fighter and politician, Uma Shankar Dikshit, with his long association with the Nehru-Gandhi family, she saw governance from both ends. When she began assisting her father-in-law from 1969, her up-close view of politics eventually became a springboard for her own entry into the arena in December 1984, inaugurating a 30-year-long career in politics. The narrative foregrounds a question that the author considers crucial for democracy - how does one deal with the constant tussle between the dictates of governance and the here-and-now preoccupations of party politics? |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Politician |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India--Delhi (Union Territory) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Dikshit, Sheila |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Checked out | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 900-999 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 25/08/2018 | 499.00 | 1 | 954.04092 DIK-S | 35540 | 05/03/2025 | 06/09/2024 | 06/09/2024 | 25/08/2018 | Books |