Overview

Battleground South Asia offers a sweeping, eyewitness account of the political storms, wars, and power struggles that have shaped one of the world’s most volatile regions. Drawing on decades of on-ground reporting, Prem Prakash traces the arc of history from the decline of colonial rule to the rise of modern nation-states—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, the Maldives and Afghanistan—each grappling with identity, ideology, and external interference. The narrative revisits decisive moments: India’s constitutional birth, Pakistan’s repeated military takeovers, Bangladesh’s violent liberation, China’s growing footprint as it maps its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, Afghanistan’s tragic descent into geopolitical conflict, the Sri Lankan civil war, and the recent shifts that have redrawn alliances.

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Battleground South Asia is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not just the wars raging today, but what India has become. — Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Former Minister of State for External Affairs of India

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Prem Prakash, founder and chairman of ANI, India’s premier multimedia news agency, is a veteran journalist. He has worked with foreign broadcasters such as Gaumont Actualités in France, Deutsche Wochenschau in Germany, and Warner– Pathé News in the US—all pioneers of their time. He was also part of the group that launched the news agency Visnews in London in 1957. With a career spanning over seventy-five years, Prem Prakash has travelled the world, covering major global events. He was at the forefront of war reporting during the 1962 India-China War, as well as the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars.

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