“jaswant singh”

Beyond the Amu Darya lies the crucible of mankind, as the author graphically terms the Central Asian region, inhabited by the Turkmen, the Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik and the Khirghiz; recounted in nineteenth century European travelogues as Transoxiana, or beyond the Oxus. This is the wellspring of those i... More

Bairam Khan played an important role in instituting Humayun as king. He was a talented poet; fluent in Persianand Turkish. His son Raheem was just not a good writer but also an exceptional army General, a valiant warrior, an astute politician and a kind man.... More

Till Memory Serves takes us down a forgotten lane and revisits those heroes of the Indian Army who served in British India in the time honoured tradition of valour and courage. It is a factual account of the indefatigable spirit of the forty Victoria Cross winners between 1912 and 1947, the period t... More

The partition of India, 1947, some call it vivisection as Gandhi had, has without doubt been the most wounding trauma of the twentieth century. It has seared the psyche of four plus generations of this subcontinent. Why did this partition take place at all? Who was/is responsible -- Jinnah? The Cong... More

Jaswant Singh has come a long way from his home in the desert districts of Rajasthan. Commissioned in the Indian Army when barely nineteen, he went through two wars whilst in service (1962 and 1965) before resigning his commission to pursue a political career. He has served seven terms in Parliamen... More

Ayodhya, 6 December 1992 is a compilation of a dialogue that took place on 6 March 1993. Twenty-five eminent persons from all walks of life including, Arun Shourie, K.C. Kulish, M.L. Sondhi, Tavleen Singh, got together to discuss the aftermath of the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Their anguish was... More

Conflict and Diplomacy: East Pakistan Becomes Bangladesh delineates East Bengal’s long, complicated, and agonising journey from being an integral part of India to East Pakistan, finally to Bangladesh. This reordering of human lives tightly compressed in time inevitably culminated in trauma, genera... More