ATMAVANCHANA

📘 Book Details

• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

• Translator: Ashok Patharkar

• Language: Marathi (Translated from English)

• Edition: 1

• Publishing Year: December 2020

• ISBN: 9789353174071

• Pages: 340

• Cover: Paperback

• Category: Politics & Government

📝 About The Book

This hard-hitting Marathi translation by Ashok Patharkar presents a critical and timely examination of India's historical and current stance toward China. Drawing from an extensive archive of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s personal notes, official correspondence, letters to Chief Ministers, and speeches, this book investigates the faulty assumptions and strategic miscalculations that led to the 1962 Indo-China War debacle.

Why was Nehru so certain that China would not invade? What drove him to dismiss credible warnings from Tibet and the Indian borders? And how did these grave misjudgments unfold into one of independent India’s most painful military defeats? More importantly, the book poses a chilling question — are we repeating those same mistakes today?

Through rigorous documentation and insightful commentary, this book offers a powerful analysis of India’s foreign policy missteps and their continuing relevance. It serves as both a warning and a guide for policymakers, historians, and citizens concerned with national security and international diplomacy.

A must-read for anyone who seeks to understand the roots of India's strategic vulnerabilities and the urgent need for a clear-eyed policy approach towards China.