INDIA’S INTERNAL BOUNDARIES

The making and remaking of the states since 1947, from incorporation of the princely realms to formation of new states in contemporary times, is collated...

WEALTH : WHITHER IT MUST GO

Meghnad Desai’s new book, which takes even those uninitiated in economics through the puzzles and wonderment of the subject and its evolution, emphasises the importance...

TRIFLES MAKE PERFECTION!

This first-person account of an IAS officer from a family of civil servants makes for rivetting reading on India’s problems, challenges and achievements BY DR...

THE BIRTH OF BANGLADESH

The government-in-exile formed at the insistence of Indira Gandhi revealed the unquestioned leadership of Mujibur Rahman and the inner divisions within the Awami League BY...

LULLING ENEMIES

INTO SUBMISSION Thomas Manuel deserves rich praise for bringing together all the facts, factlets and factoids about opium that served the interests of the Raj...

A CHRONICLE OF TURBULENT TIMES

Ramesh Inder Singh who served in Punjab during the 1980s and mid-1990s recapitulates the turmoil in the state in its sheer starkness BY DR SANJEEV...