Revelations and Reflections: Ghastly Assassination of Two Prime Ministers

Well-read and ever so audacious, G.S. Chwala has seen the ins and outs of Indian Politics with his observant and perceptive eyes. Having been closely associated with key figures of newly Independent India such as Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Chawla has covered 70 years of his experiences and knowledge in this book.

The book reveals a stirring narrative of the developments that catalysed some of the most consequential moments of Indian history. The author reminisces about his conversations with the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and adds to the book a more personal account of events that contributed to the cruel assassinations of the mother-son duo Indira and Rajiv Gandhi along with other appalling revelations about the CIA’s involvement in the same.  The author further presents his first hand narrative regarding the ghastly death of the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and the then Chief Minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon. Having been a politics enthusiast in his early years, Chawla takes the readers to a remarkable journey of sweet-sour relations between prominent leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani, dissimilitude within the Election Commission and his own professional career.

When one of India's senior most, valiant, and equitable journalists tells such a tale, one cannot help but get glued. Chawala’s narrative is as simple and grounded as it is startling and provocative.