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Kashmir, 1947
This book is an exhaustive and careful documentation of the accession of Kashmir in 1947. It is based on declassified papers, correspondence and reports that have become available in recent years. Kashmir, 1947 provides a virtually day-to-day account of the critical times when the fate of Kashmir was 'decided' in the context of Britain's geo-political compulsions and strategies. Over the years, two completely different versions of Kashmir's accession to India have come into being. The author critically examines both versions using the recently declassified Transfer of Power Documents as well as personal accounts of the main participants in the events of that period. This helps him to reconstruct the two years which culminated in Kashmir's accession to India. Jha's book will interest all Kashmir watchers including historians and policy-makers in the subcontinent, journalists, students of international relations and general readers.
The Origins of a Dispute
Kashmir is one of the most intensely disputed regions of the world. Lying between India and Pakistan, it was acceeded 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 2002, as troups aligned on the borders, the prospect of a possible nuclear war was only narrowly avoided.In such a context, a book on the history of Kashmir is not only timely but of great usefulness to anyone who wishes to understand the full and complex background to the ongoing conflict. Prem Jha is ...
Managed Chaos
Managed Chaos reads into the resounding events of Chinese politics and economy, ending the schizophrenia that the readers have lived with. It delves deep into both elements: the economic narrative that China has sustained a near 10 percent growth rate for 30 years and the political narrative that China is an increasingly fragile state, trapped in an incomplete transition from a totalitarian to a democratic market economy. For the first time, in his reading of China, the author consolidates this paradox by inferring that the cause behind both the growth and the political discontent is the politics of China.
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The Passenger: India
A journey into today’s India through essays, photography, and more, shortlisted for a 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. Since its earliest interactions with the West, India has been the object of a gross misinterpretation, a vague association with ideas of peace, spiritualism, the magic of the fakirs. Constantly reframed and mythologized by Westerners fleeing their supposedly rationalist societies, India continues to fascinate with its millennia-old history, shrines on every street corner, ancient beliefs and rituals, and unique linguistic and cultural diversity. Today this picture is mixed with that of a society changing at a frenetic pace and at the forefront of the digital revo...
History in the Making
Lavishly Illustrated With Pictures Of Stirring Events And Personalities, As Well As Reproductions Of Pages, Headlines And Cartoons From The Mid-1920S Onwards, Making It Of Great Archival And Historical Value For The Reader And An Interest In The Media And Recent History. Contributors Include K.K. Birla, Raj Mohan Gandhi, Sham Lal, Inder Jit, Arvind N. Das, Shobhana Bhartia.
Corruption at the Grassroots
Papers presented at the National Workshop on "Corruption at the Grassroots" held at Chennai on Dec. 3, 1998.
The Defiant Border
This book explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls throughout the twentieth century.
Building Democracy in South Asia
4. King vs. Parliament: Democratization in Nepal
