A minister of Indira Gandhi’s cabinet betrayed India’s “war objectives” to the Central Intelligence Agency in December 1971, causing an abrupt end to the Bangladesh war under vicious US arm twisting. This is the highlight of the book CIA’s Eye on South Asia by journalist Anuj Dhar. Published by Delhi-based Manas Publications, which is facing [...]

What would it be like fighting the 1965 Indo-Pak war in 2011? The author Minak Dhar writes precisely that. He weaves around the modern day fears like Pakistani atomic weapons in the hands of fundamentalist who heads the government. Unlike 1965 war triggered by a pesky dictator, this war has been triggered by Saudi regime [...]

“Rethinking Energy Security in India” by Dr Shebonti Ray-Dadwal, Published in India , by Knowledge World 5A/4 A Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 110002 Pp 182 ISBN 81-87966-11-4 “One of the ironies at the turn of the century is that, in an age when the pace of technological change is almost overwhelming, the world [...]