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India a Portrait an Intimate Biography of 1.2 Billion People
India a Portrait an Intimate Biography of 1.2 Billion People
by Patrick French
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A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the... (read more)

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Empires of the Indus
Empires of the Indus
by Alice Albinia
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One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan's... (read more)

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Walking with the Comrades
Walking with the Comrades
by Arundhati Roy
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From the award-winning author of The God of Small Things comes a searing frontline exposé of brutal repression in India In her latest book, internationally renowned author Arundhati Roy draws on her unprecedented access to a little-known rebel... (read more)

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The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
by Amartya Kumar Sen
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In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is "a... (read more)

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Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
by Joseph Lelyveld
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A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments—his success in seizing Indias imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life... (read more)

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The British Raj in India: History Map Series
The British Raj in India: History Map Series
by Diarmuid Jeffreys
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This map explores the Raj's origins in the British East India Company, through to the quest by Mahatma Ghandi.... (read more)

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Vishnu's Crowded Temple: India Since the Great Rebellion. Maria Misra
Vishnu's Crowded Temple: India Since the Great Rebellion. Maria Misra
by Maria Misra
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As it enters its sixtieth year of independence, India stands on the threshold of superpower status. Yet India is strikingly different from all other global colossi. While it is the world's most populous democracy and enjoys the benefits of its... (read more)

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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha
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Amagisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi is a breathtaking chronicle of the brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant... (read more)

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Nagaland. by Jonathan Glancey
Nagaland. by Jonathan Glancey
by Jonathan Glancey
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Landlocked, almost inaccessible to foreigners, Nagaland has been fighting a secret, often brutal war for independence for more than half a century. Portrayed either as a land of ruthless guerrillas or exotic natives, Nagaland is in fact a complex and... (read more)

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Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
by Arthur Herman
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In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and... (read more)

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Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
by Erik H Erikson
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In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the... (read more)

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History of India Volume 1
History of India Volume 1
by Romila Thapar
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A full account of Indian history from the establishment of Aryan culture to the coming of the Mughals in 1526 A.D.... (read more)

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India: A Mosaic
India: A Mosaic
by Robert B Silvers
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How can we understand India today, fifty years after Independence and only months after its nuclear tests outraged the world? The novelist Arundhati Roy has written, specially for this collection, a fierce denunciation of the Indian nuclear program... (read more)

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India (Kharakter)
India (Kharakter)
by Art Stock
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The culture of a country is not just confined to its museums. Opulent and creative, it is everywhere and in everything: in this streets, in the local industries, in the foods people eat, the movies they watch, and in the buildings where they live, work... (read more)

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Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict
Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict
by Joan V Bondurant
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When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His "experiments with Truth" were far from complete at the time of his death, but... (read more)

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India: The Rise of an Asian Giant
India: The Rise of an Asian Giant
by Dietmar Rothermund
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With growing economic might, new political influence, and changing social dynamics, India has emerged as a major world power in the twenty-first century. This book charts the important features of Indias development since its independence in 1947... (read more)

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Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
by Madhusree Mukerjee
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A dogged enemy of Hitler, resolute ally of the Americans, and inspiring leader through World War II, Winston Churchill is venerated as one of the truly great statesmen of the last century. But while he has been widely extolled for his achievements, parts... (read more)

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Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
by Minal Hajratwala
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An inspiring personal saga that explores the collisions of choice and history that led one unforgettable family to become immigrants In this groundbreaking work,Minal Hajratwala mixes history,memoir, and reportage to explore the questions facing not only... (read more)

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Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat
Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat
by Ornit Shani
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An examination of the rise of Hindu nationalism in India.... (read more)

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The Caged Phoenix: Can India Fly?
The Caged Phoenix: Can India Fly?
by Dipankar Gupta
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Dipankar Gupta, one of India's foremost thinkers on social and economic issues, takes a critical—and controversial—look at the limits of the Indian success story in The Caged Phoenix. Through a fine blend of theory and new evidence on... (read more)

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