Narendra Modi gives homilies to the world about the futility of war, but seems constrained to say the same to Netanyahu.

A daughter ruminates on her father’s life but also on India in the 1970s and ‘80s when it was a kinder place.

Nigel Ashton's book annotates the colourful history of relations between Britain and Middle Eastern countries from the Suez crisis to the Iraq debacle.

The Hindu right embedded in the Congress operated independent of Nehru and encouraged the migration of Muslims to Pakistan.

The most exasperating aspect of James Crabtree's book is that while he – understandably – avoids moralising or being judgmental, he just does not want to take a stand.

Saba Naqvi's book 'Shades of Saffron' describes the BJP's centralised funding from a few powerful corporate entities, but does not delve into its implications on the unorganised sector and the rural economy.