Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian
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Somnath Chatterjee
Harpercollins
408 pages, Rs 499
Somnath Chatterjee has been one of the longest-serving members of the Lok Sabha in the history of independent India, elected to the Lower House in 1971 and serving as a Member of Parliament until 2004. In this candid memoir, he looks back at these four decades, revealing behind-the-scenes stories such as how he came to enter politics as an independent candidate supported by the CPI(M), the dark years of the Emergency, the landmark legislations enacted during his tenure as an MP, and the emergence of communal and coalition politics in this country.
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