India: The Siege Within – Challenges to a Nation’s Unity by M. J. Akbar is a non-fiction work analyzing India’s internal conflicts, communal tensions, and political challenges to national unity. First published in 1985 by Roli Books, it has been reissued in later editions. Akbar, a noted journalist and political commentator, draws on his experience to examine issues such as separatism, communalism, and the strains on India’s democratic fabric.