Dehradun, Sept. 6 -- The Books from My Shelves - 6
Some books sit on a shelf quietly for years, yet each time you return to them, they offer something new; a fresh insight, a sharper argument, or a memory of the moment you first read them. The following ten titles, drawn from my own shelves, span history, philosophy, statecraft, and biography. Together they trace how nations rise and falter, how individuals wrestle with power and conscience, and how ideas ancient and modern continue to shape the world we live in.
'Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain-Raiser to the Sino-Indian War of 1962', by Brigadier JP Dalvi (Thacker & Co., later Natraj Publishers), is a searing first-hand account of India's 1962 defeat. As frontline Commander of the 7th Inf...