INDIA VS. UK
The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win
by Syed Akbaruddin HARPERCOLLINS
₹599; 240 pages
KATHMANDU DILEMMA
Resetting India-Nepal Ties
by Ranjit Rae VINTAGE
₹499; 224 pages
THE FRACTURED HIMALAYA
India, Tibet, China, 1949-1962
By Nirupama Rao INDIA VIKING
₹999; 640 pages
These three books cover a wide swathe of Indian foreign policy today: our multilateral approaches and postures; our immediate neighbour to the north— Nepal; and the country every foreign office focuses on—China.
Former Permanent Representative to the UN Akbaruddin’s book India vs UK describes the election for an Indian judge to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2017. While the outcome is known, his animated and event-filled narrative maintains dramatic tension to the end. In early 2016, the ICJ was not even on the government’s radar. Things changed as the Kulbhusan Jadhav case made the ICJ more valuable than simply a comfortable perch for an Indian judge. Even so, by the time India announced its candidature in mid-2017, with the elections due in November, much time had been lost.
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Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
All Living Things-Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) returns with 72 films to be screened across multiple locations from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8
AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
THE MAHINDRA INDEPENDENCE ROCK FESTIVAL PROMISES AN INTERESTING LINE-UP OF OLD AND NEW ACTS, CEMENTING ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'WOODSTOCK OF INDIA'
A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advani’s adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS
NOSTALGIA AND CURIOSITY BRING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE THEATRES TO REVISIT MOVIES OF THE YESTERYEARS
