Andreas Ersson Library

By Douglas E. Haynes

By Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

A spine-chilling ninety-six hour hunt during the world’s most threatening terrain the place historical past collides with gunfire — will Mehrunisa get out of this one alive? One morning on her approach to paintings, Mehrunisa will get a choice that might switch her existence ceaselessly. the reality approximately her lacking father is at her fingertips — however it will take her at the so much determined chase of her lifetime. A chase that would pit her opposed to hardened jihadis plotting the deadliest terror assault on India, that would try her mettle opposed to history’s deep secrets and techniques, that would train her that the cost of love can suggest bloodied arms . . . the search for Kohinoor hurtles from icy Kashmir to snow-clad Hindukush, from the sinister corridors of an army health facility to the warrens of Peshawar, while the clock counts right down to the upcoming disaster.

By Rajmohan Gandhi

‘A extra heroic story has but to be informed . . . [Mohandas] is meticulously researched, written in felicitous prose and is a pride to read’—Khushwant Singh, Outlook

A candid activity of 1 of the main influential lives of contemporary occasions, Mohandas eventually solutions questions lengthy requested concerning the timid early life from PBI - India’s west coast who grew to become a century’s sense of right and wrong and led his country to liberty: What used to be Gandhi like in his lifestyle and in his closest relationships? In his face-offs with an Empire, along with his personal bitterly divided humans, together with his adversaries, his kinfolk and—his maximum confrontation—with himself?

Answering those and different questions, and freeing the real Gandhi from his shroud of reputation and fantasy, Mohandas, authored by means of a practised biographer who's additionally Gandhi’s grandson, does greater than inform a story.

Praise for the Book

‘Rajmohan moves a very good stability during this entire paintings, lacing the painstakingly specified chronological account with simply the correct amount of interpretation. [His] strategy is going far in portray a portrait of Gandhiji that's very human, believable, and simple to spot with’ —Mukund Padmanabhan, The Hindu

‘An impeccable workout in objectivity . . . A awesome functionality. This biography must be learn again and again . . . The bareness of Rajmohan’s recital of moods and occasions heightens the poignancy . . . Mahatma Gandhi was once a votary of restraint; this booklet exemplifies, magnificently, such restraint. The grandfather might have authorized of Rajmohan’s Mohandas’ —Ashok Mitra, Telegraph

‘A tale of epic proportions . . . Gandhi’s luminous compassion, braveness and humanity shine via those pages and produce gentle into our lives’ —Sonia Gandhi

‘The in basic terms be aware to explain this paintings is “fabulous”. actually ratings of individuals have written on Mahatma Gandhi . . . yet . . . Mohandas will henceforth be remembered because the final be aware at the subject’ —M.V. Kamath, Organizer

By Stanley A. Kochanek, Robert L. Hardgrave

INDIA: executive and POLITICS IN A constructing state, 7e, is the authoritative textbook on India. The textual content discusses India's political and fiscal improvement, its reviews with democracy, its overseas coverage, and its institutional constitution. Kochanek and Hardgrave do a truly thorough activity of discussing all of this inside of a broader historic and cultural context. This re-creation comprises insurance of the most recent elections and governmental alterations, in addition to assurance of India's progress as an fiscal marketplace.

By Jaswant Singh (auth.)

Defending India makes an attempt to comprehensively examine the administration of conflicts and protection demanding situations confronted by means of India in the course of its first part century as a unfastened nation. The ebook is exclusive in being either the 1st in its style and in addition in that it's been authored by means of a favourite Indian public determine, a parliamentarian of excessive status, and a senior member of the current govt in New Delhi. This e-book plumbs the resources of Indian strategic tradition and proposal, the evolution of its militia, the administration of conflicts some time past 50 years (some 37 in all), and in addition to analyzing India's defence expenditure styles, the writer additionally addresses huimself to the demanding situations that India faces sooner or later. whereas proposing a brand new perception into the final 50 years, protecting India additionally indicates crucial structural adjustments for the future.

By Amish Tripathi

Ram Rajya. the fitting Land.But perfection has a value. He paid that price.

3400 BCE. INDIA
Ayodhya is weakened via divisions. A bad battle has taken its toll. the wear runs deep. The demon King of Lanka, Raavan, doesn't impose his rule at the defeated. He, in its place, imposes his exchange. funds is sucked out of the empire. The Sapt Sindhu humans descend into poverty, despondency and corruption. They cry for a pacesetter to guide them out of the morass. Little do they get pleasure from that the chief is between them. One whom they comprehend. A tortured and ostracised prince. A prince they attempted to damage. A prince referred to as Ram.

He loves his kingdom, even if his countrymen torment him. He stands by myself for the legislations. His band of brothers, his Sita, and he, opposed to the darkness of chaos.

Will Ram upward thrust above the taint that others heap on him? Will his love for Sita maintain him via his fight? Will he defeat the demon Lord Raavan who destroyed his early life? Will he fulfil the future of the Vishnu?

Begin an epic trip with Amish’s newest: the Ram Chandra sequence.

By Burjor Avari

This conscientiously crafted examine offers the interesting tale of the advance and institution of India’s tradition and civilization from early pre-history via to the early moment millennium.

Encompassing issues reminiscent of the Harappan Civilization, the increase of Hindu tradition, the inflow of Islam within the 8th and the eleventh/twelfth centuries and key empires, states and dynasties, India: the traditional earlier engages with methodological and debatable issues.

Key gains of this illustrated consultant include:
• a number of maps illustrating assorted temporal and nation-states
• chosen resource extracts on the finish of every bankruptcy, for assessment and mirrored image
• questions for dialogue.

This publication offers finished insurance of the political, non secular, cultural and geographical background of India, making it an enriching learn for a person with an curiosity during this desirable interval of heritage.

By Bruce Riedel

Pakistan and the us were locked in a perilous include for many years. Successive American presidents from either events have pursued slim momentary pursuits within the South Asian state, and plenty of of the ensuing regulations proved counterproductive within the long-term, contributing to political instability and a radicalized public. This historical past has helped set the degree for the worldwide jihad confronting a lot of the realm this day. In lethal include, Bruce Riedel explores the forces in the back of those advancements, explaining how and why the historical past of Pakistan-U.S. family has opened up because it has. He explains what the USA can do now to fix the wear and the way it will possibly steer clear of making related errors in facing extremist forces in Pakistan and past. Riedel is one among the United States s preferable professionals on U.S. safety, South Asia, and terrorism, and he helped to craft President Obama s 2009 speech bearing on the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderlands because the most threatening sector of the realm. He follows up the hunt for al Qaeda, his influential 2008 research of the phobia community s ideology and management, with a sober, authoritative, and infrequently alarming examine the historical past, value, and present position of Pakistan, epicenter of the worldwide jihad stream, starting with the heritage of U.S.-Pakistan family because the partitioning of the subcontinent in 1947. the connection among Pakistan and the USA is an engaging but muddled tale, meandering via classes of friendship and enmity, symbiosis and mistrust: it s no ask yourself that individuals in either international locations are careworn. lethal embody explains how the USA, on a number of events, really helped the foes of democracy in Pakistan and aided within the improvement of the very enemies it truly is now battling within the sector. The publication seeks to resolve this paradox, revealing and reading the tortuous direction of kin among very assorted international locations, which stay, in lots of methods, caught with one another.

By James Wynbrandt

Introduces readers to the dramatic occasions, impressive humans, and precise customs and traditions that experience formed some of the world's international locations, with every one quantity masking a particular kingdom and supplying a concise historical past of the struggles and triumphs of the ..Title: .A short background of Pakistan..Author: .Wynbrandt, James/ Gerges, Fawaz A. (FRW)..Publisher: .Facts on File..Publication Date: .2008/12/01..Number of Pages: .336..Binding sort: .HARDCOVER..Library of Congress: .2008008921

By Charles Robert Anderson; Center of Military History

Presents one in a sequence of forty illustrated brochures that describe the campaigns during which U.S. military troops participated through the warfare. every one brochure describes the strategic surroundings, strains the operations of the significant American devices concerned, and analyzes the influence of the crusade on destiny operations