My Tryst with the projects--Bhakra and Beas is the story of the construction of India's two big dams, namely, Bhakra and Beas in the years following the independence of the country. It describes, vividly and frankly, the difficulties and obstacles faced by the Indian engineers in the execution of the two huge and complex dams, the working together of Indian engineers and scores of American specialists led by M.H. Slocum and consequential imbibing by the Indians, ...
