Extraordinary Life

Over the last two decades the exploits of one man an IIT-Bombay alumnus changed the way mainstream India looked at Goa and the political goings-on in the country's smallest state. <i>An Extraordinary Life</i> traces the life and times of Manohar Parrikar through the informed voices of his relatives friends foes bureaucrats and IIT contemporaries. The daily battles of a gifted individual are brought to the fore as he encounters love and vices. But more importantly it showcases his rise in politics from the son of a grocery store owner in a nondescript town a <i>sanghachalak</i> in Mapusa town an Opposition MLA and leader to a chief minister (on multiple occasions) and finally to a defence minister.