The book, by a mix of deft analysis and incisive clarity, lays bare an Afghanistan that is troubled by its past, that grapples with present and hopes against hope for happy future. — The Pioneer Published On: 2012-12-16
[The book] raises pertinent questions on the “war against terror” being waged in Afghanistan…Karlekar with his considerable journalistic experience and intense research ability tries to fill an important knowledge gap…the book is written with a lot of academic references, which makes it a very useful reader, particularly for students and researchers involved in area studies and conflict resolution. It is a collection of several very important historical facts and strategic compromises made in the region that would remain unread otherwise. — The Statesman Published On: 2012-12-06
A timely addition on growing literature…collation and analysis from an Indian perspective is readable and educative….the book should be read by all, particularly Indian policymakers, as it looks at how the situation may develop once the US withdraws from the region. — Asian Age Published On: 2013-01-30
Backed by extensive research and situation analysis…. The book touches on several aspects of the conflict, including the ideological threat the Taliban poses to European modernity and takes the reader for long ride through the history and complexities of the wars Afghanistan fought. It is rich in information that any student of strategic studies would find valuable. Endgame offers a simplified view of the strategic realities in Asia.
— The Business Standard, 9 January 2013
The book examines the likely developments in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the US and NATO troops in 2014…. A clear narration of the rise of terror groups and progress by US troops.
— Freedom First, February 2014
About the Author
Hiranmay Karlekar, a distinguished Indian journalist, is Consultant Editor of The Pioneer and, currently, a member of the Animal Welfare Board of India, India’s apex governmental body dealing with animal welfare. Mr Karlekar frequently writes on animals in his column which appears in The Pioneer every Thursday and has also written about them in The Tribune and the Outlook magazine.
A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard (Class of 1967), Mr Karlekar, in his career as a journalist spanning four-and-a-half decades, has been Editor of Hindustan Times, Deputy Editor of The Indian Express, and Assistant Editor of The Statesman and the Hindusthan Standard, an erstwhile publication of the Ananda Bazar Patrika group in Kolkata. Starting his journalistic career with Ananda Bazar Patrika as a Staff reporter in 1963, Mr Karlekar has also been Associate Editor of Aajkaal published from Kolkata.
A member of the Press Council of India in two stints during 1978–80 and 2004–07, Mr Karlekar has been a General Secretary of the Editors Guild of India, a member of the Board of Directors of the Press Trust of India, one of India’s two national news agencies, and a nominee of the Editors Guild in the Central Press Accreditation Committee of the Government of India.
Apart from his innumerable journalistic writings, Mr Karlekar’s publications include two Bengali Novels, Bhabisyater Ateet (1994) and Mehrunnisa (1995), the latter based on Bangladesh’s Liberation struggle, a socio-political work in English, In the Mirror of Mandal: Social Justice, Caste, Class and the Individual (1992), and Bangladesh: The Next Afghanistan? (2005). He edited―and contributed two chapters to―Independent India: The First Fifty Years (1998), an anthology of essays published to mark 50 years of India’s independence. Mr Karlekar is a keen photographer.
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