New Delhi:
Around 80 books have been written on Narendra Modi since he started his 2014 election campaign. From social workers to regular writers and even the now cabinet ministers have authored books on Modi.
HRD Minister Smriti Irani released a snap book based on Narendra Modi’s journey from his village Wadnagar to 7 RCR. The book launch was followed by the release of a coffee table book titled ‘Being Modi’ on the PM by now Finance Minister Arun Jaitely.
While 'The Namo Story: A Political Life' authored by Kingshuk Nag remains the best-seller among the books on Modi there has been number of published on him that include 'Durdrashta Narendra Modi', 'Ghar Ghar Modi', 'Bhavishya Ki Asha: Narendra Modi', 'Narendra Modi Ka Rajnitik Safar', 'Narendra Modi: Sangarsh Se Shikar Tak', 'Swarnim Gujarat Na Modi', 'Mahanayak Narendra Modi' and 'Prernamurthy Narendra Modi'.
The titles in English are varied: 'Narendra Modi, Yes he Can', 'Modi—Man of Developing India', 'Modi Demystified', 'Modi: Change We Can Believe In', 'This is Narendra Modi', 'Modimantra' among others.
Modi's biographies have also been translated into Chinese and French, and those written by the PM himself - 'Samajik Samarasta', 'Sakshibhaan', 'Aapatkal Mein Gujarat' - are prominently displayed in bookstores.
