Andrew Small The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the...

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

Mark Tully and Satish Jacob On 5th June, 1984, the Indian army started attacking the Amritsar Complex that housed the two most sacred shrines of the Sikh sting community- the...

Rick Smolan, David CohenMore than three hundred photographs visually survey the diversity of Russian landscapes and cityscapes and depict routine daily life throughout the Soviet Union First published January 1,...

Achin VanaikFuries of Indian Communalism is a powerful and rigorous analysis of the growing phenomenon of Hindu communalism, which currently threatens to tear India apart. Placing the politics of Hindu...

Itty Abraham In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new right-wing BJP Government set off several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits, but also international...

William DalrympleThe Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 First published January 1, 2006

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...

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Aleksandr I Solzhenitsyn Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals the entire...

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...

Jung ChangFrom the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi – the most important woman...