Sharjah: British-Indian journalist Mihir Bose’s unveiled a 62 page monograph on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Sharjah International Book Fair here for a wider audience on Friday.

Author Mihir Bose book “Narendra Modi – The Yogi of Populism”,  originally launched in the UK in February, was unveiled has been described as a fascinating and original take on one of the most interesting political leaders of our age by David Smith, Economic Times editor of The Sunday Times.

Sharjah Expo Centre is organizing a 11day festival is being held until Saturday. That was the start of the idea that you have lost your country and that you needed someone to salvage it. (Donald) Trump used it, Boris Johnson has used it and so has (Narendra) Modi, said Bose while comparing the former US President’s ‘Build the Wall’ narrative with Modi’s ‘Build the Temple’ before elaborating on why he thought the Indian Prime Minister’s playbook for winning elections provided a template for both Trump and Johnson.

Bose started his career in journalism at London Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) in the late 1970s, also discussed cricket, its future and how India has come to dominate world cricket, based on his book The Nine Waves: The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket.