THE ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI – Upamanyu Chatterjee
$135.00
Despite the title, ‘The Assassination of Indira Gandhi’ is not a history book but a compilation of 12 short stories by Upamanyu Chatterjee. The titular story is the last in the book and follows a young Sikh and shows how the assassination and all that it led to impacted him
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