Srinath Raghavan The gripping story of Indira Gandhi’s premiership—and the profound influence she had on India Indira Gandhi’s ascent as prime minister of India in 1966 was entirely unforeseen. But she...

Pupul Jayakar Indira Gandhi's life spanned over two-thirds of a century. By the time of her brutal assassination in 1984, she had established herself as the most significant political leader...

KK Birla By an Indian industrialist and politician; includes reminiscences on Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Sagarika GhoseIndira Gandhi is fondly remembered as the Durga who won India its first decisive military victory in centuries and the strong stateswoman who had the courage to look American...

Sarvepalli Gopal Among the few great statesmen to emerge in Asia, Jawaharal Nehru achieved a national metamorphosis in some ways even more astonishing than that of another towering patriarch, Mao...

Roberto Calasso With The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Calasso turned ancient legends into modern literature and created a postmodern novel out of the ancient myths of classical Greece...in Ka, Calasso attempts...

Neema Shah 'A novel about home, about belonging and exile; a compelling and complex insight into a recent past that still resonates' - Irish Times Uganda 1972 A devastating decree...

Hasan Suroor (Editor) Where is India headed under Prime Minister Narendra Modi? What are the contours of the 'new' India he has promised to build? Is his promise of 'development'...

Sugata Rose and Ayesha Jalal The fifth edition of Modern South Asia draws on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South...

Omar Ralph The First Asian MP A biography of Dadabhai Naoroji, India's patriot and Britain's MP. October 1, 1997 by Hansib Publishing

Judith M Brown The first prime minister of India after independence from British rule, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was a major architect of India as a nation state. His dedication to...

Stanley WolpertJawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India and the founder of a political dynasty realized by his daughter Indira Gandhi and her sons, was a statesman of immense...