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Praise for The Devil’s Wind ‘Was Nana Saheb one of the leaders of the 1857 uprising? A monster who killed English women and children? Or was he a patriot? In The Devil’s Wind, Manohar Malgonkar tries to find an answer, giving us at the same time, in Nana Saheb’s own

Praise for The Princes  ‘In this fast-paced account, Malgonkar traverses an India that was, a fascinating world of princely states — from their aura of power, tiger hunts, champagne and pearls to their integration into the modern republic. Legitimacy and illegitimacy, fidelity and infidelity, bravery and cowardice go hand in

‘Though A Bend in the Ganges is often read as a Partition novel, it should be mentioned that it sweeps across a much wider swathe of history—embracing Gandhiji’s Civil Disobedience movement of the 1930s, the fate of prisoners exiled across the Kala Pani to the meticulous brutality of the Cellular

HarperCollins Publishers India is proud to present the stunning new editions of timeless reads by Manohar Malgonkar. A remarkable storyteller and a keen observer of social and political realities, Malgonkar occupies an important place in the canon of Indian literature in English, on par with pioneers like Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant