"Victory in the Liberation War of Bangladesh was possible without the help of the Indian Army. It might have taken mor…"

"Just as in Egypt, the rise of Islam as a political force and a social trend in Pakistan was not the result of one mom…"

"As its most important international backer, the United States had great influence over Pakistan. But at almost every …"

"It was Biblical,” remembers Sydney Schanberg, who reported on the refugees for the New York Times. Schanberg, steeped…"

"Swaran Singh, the ordinarily unflappable foreign minister, indignantly told his diplomats, “Artillery, tanks, automat…"

"The Indian government, from Indira Gandhi on down, worked hard to hide an ugly reality from its own people: by an off…"

"But when Yahya’s government allowed a World Bank team of seasoned development specialists to tour East Pakistan, thei…"

"The most important departure from determinism during the Cold War had to do, obviously, with hot wars. Prior to 1945,…"

"Maj. Sahrawat seconds this. ‘Only then did we understand why Col Harolikar had insisted on a khukri attack. It instil…"

"People's priorities and actions are influenced by many different affiliations and associations, not just by their rel…"