From Jinnah to Central Asia: The 7 books of author Jaswant Singh

New Delhi: Jaswant Singh is fighting for his life in a hospital in Delhi. He is one of the founder members of BJP and held important ministers like finance, defence and external. Recently he fought election as an independent MP after being denied ticket by the party but lost. People know him as veteran politician but very few know that he is a good writer as well. Some of his books also brought trouble for him. His book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah in which he praised him drew maximum criticism for him. Let’s discusses some of the books written by him. 1-Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence The book, released on 17 June 2009 and since its inception, landed in deep controversies. Mr Singh faced the heat from within and outside the party and was finally expelled from BJP. In this book he raised questions on the policies of Jawaharlal Nehru and praised founder of Pakistan, Jinnah.

2-India At Risk: Misadventures and Misconceptions of Security Policy In this book he raised question on Indian security. In this book he also talked at length about different wars fought by India. The book raised some burning question related with internal and external security of the country.

3-A Call To Honour: In Service Of Emergent India Mr Jaswant Singh who worked as defence and external minister under NDA government talked in this book about the different difficulties faced by the government during its tenure.

4- The Audacity of Opinion: Reflections, Journey, Musings In this book he wrote about internal problems of India. He discussed issues of terrorism, spread from Assam to Punjab. Mr Singh also raised the problem which the country may face in the future.

5- Defending India In this book he discussed the security challenges being faced by the country right from independence up to 1999. The book also analysis, defence budgets that were allotted during the same period.

6- Travels In Transoxiana Central Asian countries like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and South Kazakhstan were once referred as Transoxiana. Jaswant Singh visited these regions and written about them minutely, giving every possible details.

7- Victoria Cross Winners Of India – Till Memory Serves Since 1912 to 1947 meritorious soldiers were reworded with Victoria Cross. In this book he mentioned those 40 Indian soldiers who on the bases of their services earned this honour.