‘Song of India: What our national anthem says about us’ by Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Historian and author Rudrangshu Mukherjee reveals some surprising details embedded in the ‘song of India’
Freedom struggle
‘The Unknown Story of the First INA’s Espionage Wing’ by Vijay Balakrishnan
“The story of the Indian National Army (INA), and its secret espionage wing is relatively unknown. My purpose in writing this book is to let the world know of the extraordinary unsung sacrifices of men like my grand-uncle as they navigated a shadowy hall-of-mirrors with blurred lines between friend and foe, while hastening the end… Read more »
‘From Tokyo to Netaji’s Rani of Jhansi Regiment’ by Tanvi Srivastava
“In June 1943, Bharati ‘Asha’ Sahay, a headstrong Indian teenager living in Japan during the Second World War, decides to join the Rani of Jhansi Regiment after meeting Subhas Chandra Bose. She starts to jot down her thoughts in a diary, and thus begins one of the most significant personal accounts of the Indian freedom… Read more »