Chequered Brilliance

This is a compelling new biography of one of India's most fascinating and controversial public figures. V.K. Krishna Menon commands our attention not just because he was Jawaharlal Nehru's confidant and soulmate but also for his own political and literary accomplishments. A relentless crusader for Indian independence in the UK in the 1930s and 1940s, he was a global star in the 1950s before he was forced to resign in the wake of the India-China war of 1962. Meticulously researched and based entirely on new archival material, this book is also a rich history of the tumultuous times in which Krishna Menon lived.