India

The Great Conciliator: Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Transformation of India; Author: Sanjeev Chopra; Bloomsbury India, Rs 899/-

Rajesh Singh

There are few biographies, at least in the English language, that do justice to the tall stature of independent India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri. Historians and other chroniclers have largely ignored him or given him secondary preference. There could be two reasons for this apathy.

Understanding one of India’s Finest Prime Ministers

May 29, 2025

Tags: 1965 war, Ayub Khan, India, Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Governance and Political Studies

The Modi Disruption: India in Transition; Author: Arjun S. Kadian; Blue One Ink; ISBN 9365477352, 978-9365477351, Pg. 232, Rs. 499/-

Rajesh Singh

Narendra Modi first took oath as Prime Minister in 2014, riding on the strength of the many promises that he had made and vowed to fulfil. On taking charge, he gave several more assurances. If there is one word that would describe the essence of...

March 3, 2025

Tags: Delhi, India, India in Transition, Modi Disruption, Narendra Modi, Governance and Political Studies

India-Indonesia Relations – A Civilizational Partnership; Ed. Vinod Anand; Pentagon Press 2024, New Delhi, ISBN 978-881-980002-7-9

Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya

As India and Indonesia have embarked into commemorating and celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the joint publication of edited volume titled India-Indonesia Relations – A Civilizational Partnership by the...

December 6, 2024

Tags: Civilizational Partnership, India, India Indonesia relations, Indian Ocean Region, Indonesia, Historical and Civilisational Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory, Aanchal Malhotra, Harper Collins Publishers, India, Pages 400, Price Rs 799/-.

Rajesh Singh

Book Review

It was Elie Wiesel who had said, “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilisation, no society, no future.” The Holocaust survivor would know, as would those in India and Pakistan who went through the trauma of...

November 13, 2017

Tags: 1947, India, Islamic nation, Mahatma Gandhi, Pakistan, Governance and Political Studies