The new portraits included that of Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President; Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister; Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister; and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad ...

Excerpted from India: A Portrait. Copyright © 2011 by Patrick French. All rights reserved. In Ladakh the air is thin and dry, and it is cold even when the sunlight ...