One More Life: 1913-1929
One More Life: 1913-1929

Author: Parmeshwar Narain Haksar

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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P.N. Haksar has been hailed as the most distinguished public servant of his generation, having served as Secretary and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1967-73. His book a partial autobiography, distilling the first sixteen years of his life, surveying the history of his ancestors, reconstructing their portraits, looking into their foibles and achievements. Examining his family heritage, Haksar also deftly captures the flavor and charm of early twentieth-century India and its first stirrings under Gandhi and Nehru.

The Accidental Prime Minister
The Accidental Prime Minister

Author: Sanjaya Baru

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-07-05

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9351186385

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When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister’s Office called the book a work of ‘fiction’, the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first term in UPA. Written by Singh’s media adviser and trusted aide, the book describes Singh’s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. Insightful, acute and packed with political anecdotes, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life.

Resisting Occupation in Kashmir
Resisting Occupation in Kashmir

Author: Haley Duschinski

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-04-20

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 081224978X

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Resisting Occupation in Kashmir considers the social and legal dimensions of India's occupation of Kashmir and the ways in which Kashmiri youth are drawing on the region's history of armed rebellion to reimagine the freedom struggle in the twenty-first century.

A Brief History of India
A Brief History of India

Author: Judith E. Walsh

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1438108257

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With nearly 1 billion citizens, India is the second most populous nation in the world. Its conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir and tensions between the many ethnic groups that populate India today find frequent mention in Weste.