This is the fifth volume in the series on Indian history with the generic title From Indus to Independence: A Trek through Indian History. It covers the period from the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate (accepted as 1206 by most historians) and its defeat and obliteration by Babur the Mughal in 1526. The initial phase of the Delhi Sultanate was more a military occupation than the establishment of an empire and accordingly was chaotic, violent and turbulent. ...
The Cassandra Effect: Future Perceptions on Air Power
This book is a collection of political essays and commentaries written over a period of two years (2012-13). The impetus for writing these was primarily the unfolding events in the Asian continent - spanning the region from the Middle-East to South-East Asia - that had immediate and lasting political repercussions for the region and at times for the world at large.Since they were written at the time of the events taking place, a certain amount of prediction ...
