India, June 13 -- This book offers a thorough examination of India's Parliament, exploring its history, functions and the urgent need for reform, says GYANESHWAR DAYAL

The Indian Parliament - Samvidhan Sadan to Sansad Bhawan - is the first and much-awaited book after the construction of the new Parliament building. Published by LexisNexis, the book sets out the great many procedural and policy changes in the Indian parliamentary landscape, apart from showcasing the hoary republican heritage of India and the powers, functions, and procedures of the Indian Parliament. A compendium of intimately connected and allied scholarly essays, it sets out the historical background of the introduction of a separate Rail Budget in 1925 and its eventual...