Books that teach
Institutions The Hidden Frontline
When institutions weaken, nations fracture quietly, from within. These are the works that document them.
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The works
Yodha: Part IIndia's illustrated military history, from the Epics to the Uprising of 1857.
Yodha: Part IIThe illustrated story continues: India's military journey into the modern age.
1962: The War That Wasn'tThe honest record of India's Himalayan reckoning with China.
1965: A Western SunriseIndia's war with Pakistan, from the Rann of Kutch to Kashmir to the plains of Punjab.
Life of an IndustaniAn autobiography that reads like a thriller, ringside to the making of modern India.
Courage and ConvictionThe autobiography of General VK Singh, written with Shiv Kunal Verma.
The Long Road to SiachenPart memoir, part history: the question why, two hundred years in the making.
Assam RiflesA tribute to the sentinels of the Northeast.
Military World Games, HyderabadThe official book of the games: 102 nations, one city.