Sunday, April 03, 2016

Dramatic Decade, The Indira Gandhi Years - Pranab Mukherjee (2015)

The first of the series of books that Pranab Mukherjee has written. Pranab Mukherjee as usual has kept the controversial topics within check and elaborated on the facts. Reading the book will feel like Indira Gandhi's struggle to survival than a description of policies and life of the 70s. Overall a great book to recall the 70s but at the same time has little coverage on Pakistan war. However, political events like emergency has been covered in details.

Worthwhile reading.

Broca's Brain - Carl Sagan (1979)

Carl Sagan was a household name in the late 60s or early 70s due to the TV series Cosmos in the USA. Cosmos aired on national television in ...