Hostility
Abdul Basit
Hostility is former Pakistan high commissioner to India Abdul Basit’s memoir of his tenure in New Delhi, from 2014 to 2017. It takes us through perhaps the most difficult era in India-Pakistan relations in recent years. While Narendra Modi’s first prime-ministership began with a new hope of normalising relations between Pakistan and India, subsequent events unfortunately proved otherwise. The author takes us through the highs and lows of one of the most difficult diplomatic postings in the world. This book is written with honesty, lucidity, and filled with explosive nuggets about what goes on behind the scenes between India and Pakistan.
Mission Accomplished: Applying Military Principles to Real Life
Virender Kapoor
Written around 500 BCE, The Art of War by Sun Tzu not only serves as a guide to modern military strategy but has also been adapted by top leadership across the board. In fact, almost all modern management principles are a derivative of military operational strategies, which have withstood the test of time in different cultures, geographies and circumstances. Practised over hundreds of years, these were tried and tested under the most trying circumstances during military operations where millions perished. Mission Accomplished examines strategies that define a military process to accomplish a task in an operational scenario.
A Map of Longings: Life and Works of Agha Shahid Ali
Manan Kapoor
Agha Shahid Ali is widely regarded as one of the finest poets from the Indian subcontinent, and his works are read across the world, touching millions of lives. A pioneer of ghazal writing in English, he wrote extensively about loss, nostalgia and home. In this biography, Manan Kapoor explores the concerns that shaped Shahid’s life and works, following in the footsteps of the ‘Beloved Witness’ from Kashmir to New Delhi and finally to the United States. He traces the complex evolution of Shahid’s evocative verses, which mapped various cultures and geographies, and mourned injustice and loss, both personal and political.
Love, Hope and Magic
Ashish Bagrecha
A survivor of life and death, a fighter of depression, and a believer in the power of the universe, Ashish Bagrecha — the best-selling author of self-help book Dear Stranger, I Know How You Feel, and one of the most popular Instagram poets in the country — brings you his very first collection of poetry. Divided into six chapters, this book is about loving deeply and getting broken. It’s about falling into the darkness and still chasing the light. It’s about letting love find you, trusting the universe and believing in the magic we carry within ourselves. It’s is not written to inspire you but to fix you.