Captain Amarinder Singh - An Authorized Biography  (English, Hardcover, Singh Khushwant)

Enjoyed reading the book while travelling to Punjab from Delhi. Since my interest in politics is not very deep, I like reading about the story of a royal and his dilemmas of choices more than his political journey. I observed Captain Amarinder Singh in a different light, the person behind the politician. The hardcover edition looks as regal as the man on the cover page. Kudos to Khushwant Singh for coming up with the story from a neutral perpective.

One book, you would want to read to understand the political landscape of Punjab from last 30 years from the eyes of the Protagonist. The journey of a royal to a soldier than to a politician. Captain Amarinder Singh, who belongs to the Patiala royal family has taken a very bold initiative to have Khushwant Singh write about his biography. Never before there has been a politician so bold and brave to embrace the idea of someone writing about him in the most impartial way. The author covers sev...

"Never before this book, I knew that Captain Amarinder Singh and Gen.Pervez Musharraf were fighting a 1965 war for their respective countries, pitted against each other. And interestingly they met in a very cordial way years later on Captain's visit to Pakistan. Many such instances described well in this book. Very well researched book by Khushwant Singh. Political biographies are often written posthumously but this one is one of its kind because it is published in the middle of most speculat...