Through the broken glass: an autobiography (Record no. 361459)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260616134610.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789357021968 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | CS 923.554 SES |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Seshan, T.N. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Through the broken glass: an autobiography |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Rupa Pub. |
| Year of publication | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 357p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | On this day, elections were indefinitely postponed through an order issued by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), T.N. Seshan. The CEC, ironically, is tasked to ‘conduct’ elections, so who in his right mind would do such a thing in a democracy?<br/>Seshan had put everything on the line while signing that order. And it was an indication as to the lengths he would go to prosecute his designated mandate. And the Supreme Court too did not find the order to be unlawful.<br/>Before Seshan came on the scene, the Election Commission was increasingly functioning as an appendage of the government. Over and above that, there was evidence that malpractice and lawlessness in elections were reaching alarming levels. If that trend were to continue then further down that track lay the ignominy of a banana republic and the danger of Balkanization. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Politics |
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| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Autobiography |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Lost status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2026-06-16 | CS 923.554 SES | 185808 | Books |