Half-a-Century ago on 15th August 1947, India attained freedom from the British rule. This volume three contains chronology of events from 1947 to 1997 and gives a bird's eye view of India's land and people and all important events in India during the first 50 years of this nascent democracy.
The peculiar demographic landscape of J&K consists of three distinct geographical and ethnic groups with conflicting political aspirations. The solution must fulfill the legitimate economic, ethnic, social and political aspirations or people in different regions-Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir. Kashmir continues to cause concern. Over the years, the problems have assumed dangerous proportions. A Pred…
There has been a pervasive and apparently justified feeling that the Government of India, India's corporate sector, the media and even academia, pay far less attention to the Gulf than its importance demands. More of our exports go to the Gulf than to the region that has received so much economic importance in recent years, Southeast Asia. As for imports there can be no comparison: not only doe…
Kashmir is one of the most intensely disputed regions of the world. Lying between India and Pakistan, it was acceded to India by the British when they left in 1947; however, with a majority Muslim population, many Kashmiris and Pakistanis felt that it should have become a part of Pakistan. To this day, it continues to be the subject of passionate conflict between the two countries -- in late 20…
The contents of this book: 1. A Unique Experiment 2. Indian Heritage: Spirit ha to Revive 3. More Divided Than United 4. Parliament: Changing Face and Functions 5. Egos, Not Parties
The reference annual, India-2002, contains information on diverse aspects of the country-its geography and demographic features, polity, economy, society and culture. The information is gathered from Central Government Ministries/ states/ union territories and other organizations. As a work of reference, the annual is particularly useful to scholars, authors, students, officials, journalists, a…
The Last Mughal is much more than the biography of one man. It is the story of a city, Delhi, teeming with conmen and holy men, hawkers and prostitutes. It is also a lament for the lost world of the Mughals, a genuinely multicultural synthesis of Indian and Islamic traditions, from music to miniature painting. Above all, it is a terrific retelling of the event that ended Zafar's reign the India…