Book Review: Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi's Last Battle by Mark Tully, Satish Jacob

I have recently gotten hooked to Indian history again, after a few years. To be honest, except Guha's "India after Gandhi", I wasn't aware of any good book on India's history post Independence. And I have recently come across around five...

I read 'Amritsar' right after Kuldip Nayar's fantastic 'Emergency Retold' and loved it. Mark Tully and Satish Jacob take the reader behind the facade of the players and play-makers in the great Punjab game of the 80's. Tully/ Jacob lay bare the machinations behind the Bhindrawale movement - making crucial revelations such as the Congress and Akali hand in creating the monster. 'Amritsar' is a thriller from start to finish; Tully/ Jacob keep the narrative taut from the start - discord in Punjab to finish - Indira Gandhi's death.

Delectable read.

On my reading list next, Manoj Mitta's 'When a tree shook Delhi'.