In 2013, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court described as ‘genuine and based on relevant material’, Anuj Dhar’s writings regarding the controversy surrounding the fate of Subhas Chandra Bose. So, what really happened to Netaji? What is the factual position with regard to the air crash that reportedly killed him in 1945? Is there any truth behind Subramaniun Swamy's belief that N…
China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese. This title introduces a set of ideas including China as a civilization-state, the tributary system, the Chinese idea of race, and the principle of contested modernity.
Telangana is a multidimensional reality. Its evolution has witnessed multiple dimensions through the vicissitudes of time. This book attempts to narrate the whole story, from the birth of the universe to the birth of Telangana. A historical ,geographical, cultural, social and economic perspective on the forever changing timeline of Telangana, This book endeavours to delve into the glorious mill…
‘A remarkable achievement’ Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph ‘Brilliant…There can be no doubt that Patrick French is the most impressive Western historian of modern India currently at work’ Frank McLynn, Glasgow Herald At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain’s 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north an…
Hugh Toye's study of Subhash Chandra Bose is valuable on three counts, as a history of a little known facet of World War II, as a study in Anglo-Indian relations over a vital period and as a study of the new kind of leaders in Asia. The story of Bose's life is of absorbing interest and the author makes him live in all his idealism, fiery nationalism, political astuteness and overriding arroganc…