This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia's new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia''s new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia''s new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia's new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

In the fourteen years of NDTV's Walk The Talk Shekhar Gupta has interviewed more than 600 stellar guests-an outstanding feature for one of Indian TV news channel's most respected shows is the wide diversity of its guests. These range from heads of states to national, regional and international politicians and public figures, from Indian and global film stars to Nobel Laureates, scientists, economists, sports stars (not limited to cricket), spiritual gurus, business tycoons, philanthropists and,

6 June 1984: The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Called Operation Bluestar, the historic and unprecedented event ended the growing spectre of terrorism perpetrated by the extremist Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers once and for all. But it left in its wake unsolved political questions that continued to threaten Punjab's stability for years to come. How, in a brief span of three years, did India's dynamic frontier state become a national problem? Who was to blame: the central government for allowing the crisis to drift despite warnings, or the long-drawn-out Akali agitation, or the notorious gang of militants who transformed a holy shrine into a sanctuary for terrorists? First published two months after Operation Bluestar, The Punjab Story pieces together the complex Punjab jigsaw through the eyes of some of India's most eminent public figures and journalists. Writing with the passion and conviction of those who were involved with the drama, they present a wide-ranging perspective on the past, present and future of the Punjab tangle; and the truth of many of their'conclusions having been borne out by time.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia's new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia''s new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia''s new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia's new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent region, or becomes inward-looking, militaristic and stagnant.

In the fourteen years of NDTV's Walk The Talk Shekhar Gupta has interviewed more than 600 stellar guests-an outstanding feature for one of Indian TV news channel's most respected shows is the wide diversity of its guests. These range from heads of states to national, regional and international politicians and public figures, from Indian and global film stars to Nobel Laureates, scientists, economists, sports stars (not limited to cricket), spiritual gurus, business tycoons, philanthropists and,

6 June 1984: The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Called Operation Bluestar, the historic and unprecedented event ended the growing spectre of terrorism perpetrated by the extremist Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers once and for all. But it left in its wake unsolved political questions that continued to threaten Punjab's stability for years to come. How, in a brief span of three years, did India's dynamic frontier state become a national problem? Who was to blame: the central government for allowing the crisis to drift despite warnings, or the long-drawn-out Akali agitation, or the notorious gang of militants who transformed a holy shrine into a sanctuary for terrorists? First published two months after Operation Bluestar, The Punjab Story pieces together the complex Punjab jigsaw through the eyes of some of India's most eminent public figures and journalists. Writing with the passion and conviction of those who were involved with the drama, they present a wide-ranging perspective on the past, present and future of the Punjab tangle; and the truth of many of their'conclusions having been borne out by time.