Recounts the bloodiest act of colonial violence in 20th-century British India - the Amritsar Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, 13 April 1919 - in a radically novel fashion on the centenary of this defining event.
A detailed account of the development of anti-aircraft systems since 1972, revealing the battle between aircraft and ground-to-air defences around the world. Explains the rise and importance of the surface-to-air missile.
"It is a rendering-an interpretation of a very complex idiom. It attempts to keep intact all the metaphysical ambiguities and mystical rhythms of the original text that are generally lost in normal translations. The author has eminently succeeded in this linguistic exercise." -H.S. Gill, Professor EmeritusCentre of Linguistics & EnglishSchools of Language, Literature, & Culture StudiesJawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi, India