India, Aug. 9 -- The spotlight is on the Election Commission of India (ECI) with the Opposition accusing the constitutional body of partisanship. and demanding answers regarding alleged electoral roll tampering. Amid this increasing scrutiny of ECI's functioning, we recommend An Undocumented Wonder: The Great Indian Election by SY Quraishi. The book documents how ECI has overcome challenges such as India's vast geography and diversity in conducting polls at regular intervals since Independence in 1947. It explores the secret behind the poll body's operational success, the ideals and principles driving the people involved in accomplishing the mammoth task, and how India emerged as the global gold standard in conducting elections. The author, a former chief election commissioner, combines his first-hand knowledge of ECI's functioning and the archival history of Indian elections to explain the biggest show of electoral democracy in the world....