Sikkim : Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom
Andrew Duff
Random House
Rs599
Pp 380
Sikkim tells the story of Thondup, the last king of Sikkim and his American queen Hope Cooke, who were thrust unwittingly into the spotlight, as they sought support for Sikkim’s independence in 1963. But as tensions between India and China spilled over into a war in the Himalayas, Sikkim became a pawn in the Cold War ideological battle that played out in Asia during the 1960s and 1970s.
Reckless
Hasan Ali Toptas
Bloomsbury
Rs 499
Pp 325
Thirty years after completing his military service, Ziya flees the turmoil of one of Turkey’s great cities to seek a serene existence in a village of which he has long heard dream-like tales. Having endured two years of gruelling military life, taking brutal orders from a man hiding behind his rank, and then losing his wife and child in a terrorist attack, Ziya has never quite been able to return to the life he once had until one day he breaks free.
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