Chequered Brilliance
Chequered Brilliance

Author: Jairam Ramesh

Publisher: Viking

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9780670092321

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This is a compelling biography of one of India's most controversial and consequential public figures. V.K. Krishna Menon continues to command our attention not just because he was Jawaharlal Nehru's confidant and soulmate but also for many of his own political and literary accomplishments. A relentless crusader for Indian independence in the UK in the 1930s and 1940s, he was a global star at the United Nations in the 1950s before he was forced to resign as defence minister in the wake of the India-China war of 1962. Meticulously researched and based entirely on new archival material, this book reveals Krishna Menon in all his capabilities and contradictions. It is also a rich history of the tumultuous times in which he lived and which he did so much to shape.

House of the People
House of the People

Author: Ronojoy Sen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-31

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 100927631X

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While there is overwhelming support for democracy in India and voter turnout is higher than in many Western democracies, there are low levels of trust in political parties and elected representatives. This book is an attempt to look beyond Indian elections, which has increasingly occupied analysts and commentators. It focuses on the Lok Sabha (The House of the People), comprising 543 members directly elected for five years by a potential 800 million plus voters in 2019. The book seeks to answer two questions: Is the Indian Parliament, which has the unenviable task of representing a diverse nation of a billion-plus people, working, if not in an exemplary manner, at least reasonably well, to articulate the diverse demands of the electorate and translate them into legislation and policy? To what extent has the practice of Indian democracy transformed the institution of parliament, which was adopted from the British, and its functioning?

Crosswinds
Crosswinds

Author: Vijay Gokhale

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2024-02-03

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 9357088970

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The establishment of a communist regime in China upended Western plans for the post-WWII Asian order. As the United States of America and Great Britain grappled with the implications of this new China in terms of their strategic and economic interests in the western Pacific, significant divergences also emerged. A newly independent India seeking to define its place and role in the region under conditions of Cold War was hoping to enlist China as partner. This book, based on archival material, outlines India’s efforts to craft a foreign policy in the context of the Anglo–American competition in the Far East. The roles played by the towering personalities of that era—Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Krishna Menon—and the personal chemistry between them are woven into the narrative to paint a picture of the nuts and bolts of Indian diplomacy during the early years of the nation.

The Difficult Politics of Peace
The Difficult Politics of Peace

Author: Christopher Clary

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-05-17

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0197638430

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A sweeping and theoretically original analysis of the India-Pakistan rivalry from 1947 to the present. Since their mutual independence in 1947, India and Pakistan have been engaged in a fierce rivalry. Even today, both rivals continue to devote enormous resources to their military competition even as they face other pressing challenges at home and abroad. Why and when do rival states pursue conflict or cooperation? In The Difficult Politics of Peace, Christopher Clary provides a systematic examination of war-making and peace-building in the India-Pakistan rivalry from 1947 to the present. Drawing upon new evidence from recently declassified documents and policymaker interviews, the book traces India and Pakistan's complex history to explain patterns in their enduring rivalry and argues that domestic politics have often overshadowed strategic interests. It shows that Pakistan's dangerous civil-military relationship and India's fractious coalition politics have frequently stymied leaders that attempted to build a more durable peace between the South Asian rivals. In so doing, Clary offers a revised understanding of the causes of war and peace that brings difficult and sometimes dangerous domestic politics to the forefront.

Goa, 1961
Goa, 1961

Author: Valmiki Faleiro

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2023-07-24

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 9357081755

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The subject of the liberation of Goa in 1961 and its integration into the Indian Union in 1962 is sparsely understood at best and misunderstood at worst. What were the events that led to the thirtysixhour military operationpossibly the first since Independence that occurred entirely at India's initiative? What was the political climate within Goa? What role did Goans themselves play? In this gripping account, former journalist Valmiki Faleiro covers a wide canvas in detail, including the entire story of Operation Vijay, the events that preceded it and those that followed. The diplomatic efforts, the arguments, the runup, the buildup, the actual ops and their aftermath in Goa, within India and internationallyall of it is vividly related in this nuanced telling. Faleiro lucidly outlines the prevailing political atmosphere and its changing character, the part played by indigenous independence movements and freedom fighters leading to the liberation of Goa, and the impact of its consequent assimilation into India. Extensively researched and extremely wellwritten, Goa, 1961 is a seminal book on an important subject and a mustread for anyone interested in Indian history.

Spying in South Asia
Spying in South Asia

Author: Paul M. McGarr

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-09-12

Total Pages: 711

ISBN-13: 1108911560

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In this first comprehensive history of India's secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists as they fought against or collaborated with members of the British and US intelligence services. The interventions of these agents have had a significant and enduring impact on the political and social fabric of South Asia. The spectre of a 'foreign hand', or external intelligence activity, real and imagined, has occupied a prominent place in India's political discourse, journalism, and cultural production. Spying in South Asia probes the nexus between intelligence and statecraft in South Asia and the relationships between agencies and governments forged to promote democracy. McGarr asks why, in contrast to Western assumptions about surveillance, South Asians associate intelligence with covert action, grand conspiracy, and justifications for repression? In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2022 | 1900+ Solved Questions (8 Full-length Mock Tests + 2 Previous Year Papers)
SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2022 | 1900+ Solved Questions (8 Full-length Mock Tests + 2 Previous Year Papers)

Author: EduGorilla Prep Experts

Publisher: EduGorilla Community Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2022-08-03

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 939033201X

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Oswaal NTA CUET (UG) Question Banks | Chapterwise & Topicwise | English, Accountancy, Business Studies, General Test & Economics | Set of 5 Books | Entrance Exam Preparation Books 2024
Oswaal NTA CUET (UG) Question Banks | Chapterwise & Topicwise | English, Accountancy, Business Studies, General Test & Economics | Set of 5 Books | Entrance Exam Preparation Books 2024

Author: Oswaal Editorial Board

Publisher: Oswaal Books

Published: 2024-03-08

Total Pages: 857

ISBN-13: 9359580821

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Oswaal Government Exams Question Bank 12th Pass | General Awareness | for 2024 Exam
Oswaal Government Exams Question Bank 12th Pass | General Awareness | for 2024 Exam

Author: Oswaal Editorial Board

Publisher: Oswaal Books

Published: 2024-01-19

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 935958892X

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Oswaal NTA CUET (UG) Question Banks | Chapterwise & Topicwise | English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology & General Test | Set of 5 Books | Entrance Exam Preparation Books 2024
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Author: Oswaal Editorial Board

Publisher: Oswaal Books

Published: 2024-03-08

Total Pages: 1033

ISBN-13: 9359580317

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