Sudesh K Verma

Sudesh Verma is a senior journalist. His last assignment was as News Editor, News X. In a career spanning more than two decades, he worked for, among others, The Statesman, Deccan Chronicle, The Business Standard and India News Television Channel. His stint as Senior Political Analyst in the British High commission for over three years taught him lessons in bureaucracy but he realized his existence there was in stark contrast to the world outside and one fine morning he decided to quit and do something more meaningful. Influenced by the ideal of becoming a factor for change, he became a socio-political activist and led Youth 4 Democracy movement for change. After intense research on Narendra Modi vis a vis other political leaders, the author concludes that Modi is the country's best bet for deliverance. Having known him ever since he was a Delhi-based secretary of the BJP, the author attempts to present the real Modi. Verma, who is an M.Phil in International Studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, has contributed chapters to various books including The Other Side: Redefining Bharat, and Prime Ministers of India. He also regularly writes on socio-political issues. The book is a product of in-depth research of one year by a dedicated team that sifted through more than 50,000 hyperlinks, a dozen books on Modi including the ones in Gujarati language and various research papers. The author and his team interviewed more than 100 people, mostly those impacted by the initiatives undertaken by Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat.