From Partition To Operation Bluestar: Tales of a Journalist, Bureaucrat ,Spy

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An engrossing, personal view of the public events that have shaped India’s recent history From Partition to Operation Bluestar provides an engrossing, personal view of the public events that have shaped India’s recent history, written by a man who had a ringside view of these. As we follow Som Nath Dhar’s career in journalism, government and the world of covert intelligence, the book transports us from pre-Partition Punjab to Delhi and Kashmir, with side trips to East Africa and Europe. Dhar writes in a compelling, journalistic style about the turbulence of Partition; the heady experience of working closely with India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru; the dramatic events leading up to the 1947 invasion and accession of Kashmir; and later developments such as Indira Gandhi’s accession to power, her fall from grace and eventual return to power, and much else. Full of charming anecdotes, the book deepens our understanding of recent Indian history and provides insights into the character of many of the personalities who shaped it.