02064nam a22002537a 4500 20220125113744.0 220125b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 812910976X AL eng 23 324.2092 SINC Jaswant Singh 14691 Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India New Delhi Rupa & Co 2006 xvii,426 p. HB 23x16 cm. 495.00 ₹ 495.00 'The cautious, tentative India of March 1998 had, by May 2004, become a self-confident, resurgent India. Its voice was being heard again.' A Call of Honour: In Service of Emergent India is an evocative account about a crucial period in India's history. After the passing of the Nehruvian era of conservative socialism and non-alignment in international relations, India went on to redefine its character and goals in accordance with the demands of a world in the wake of the Cold War. As Union Minister of Defence, External Affairs and Finance in the BJP-led NDA Government, Jaswant Singh held many keys to the radical transformation in India's foreign policy, defence policies and economic planning between 1998 and 2004. He traces India's newly-acknowledged security needs and the challenges to India's statecraft, the excitement around Pokhran in 1998, his role in the release of the 166 passengers aboard the hijacked IC-814, the Indo-Pak Summit in Agra, the Lahore bus journey and the Kargil war. The author also examines the period of Independence, the birth of Pakistan and the turmoil and changes that followed thereafter. A fluent narrative that provides an in-depth look at the vital events that changed the way India was viewed by the rest of the world, A Call to Honour traces our country's journey through the eyes of one of her top politicians. Diplomatic Relations 14692 Politics and Governent 14693 Pokhran II 14694 India and China 14695 SINGH (Jaswant) 14696 ddc GF 221335 221335 0 0 ddc 0 0 PS AL AL 2013-03-24 0 324.2092 SINC GF02207 2022-01-25 00:00:00 2022-01-25 GF