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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity

by Katherine Boo ...

Narrated by Sunil Malhotra ...

Unabridged

8 hours 16 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate
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Travels with Herodotus

by Ryszard Kapuscinski ...

Narrated by Nicolas Coster ...

Unabridged

10 hours 3 min

Herodotus, the 5th century chronicler, scarcely figured in the curriculum when famed Polish writer and traveler Ryszard Kapuscinski attended university in the 1950s. After he finished college, Ryszard became a foreign correspondent who hoped to go abroad, perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India—the first stop on a decades-long tour of the world that took him from Iran to El ... Read more

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Herodotus, the 5th century chronicler, scarcely figured in the curriculum when famed Polish writer and traveler Ryszard Kapuscinski attended university in the 1950s. After he finished college, Ryszard became a foreign correspondent who hoped to go abroad, perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India—the first stop on a decades-long tour of the world that took him from Iran to El
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Midnight's Furies

The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

by Nisid Hajari ...

Narrated by Sunil Malhotra ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody—it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed that Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, ... Read more

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Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody—it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed that Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer,
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The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

by William Dalrymple ...

Narrated by Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

15 hours 43 min

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb
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Coolie Woman

The Odyssey of Indenture

by Gaiutra Bahadur ...

Narrated by Gaiutra Bahadur ...

Unabridged

13 hours 51 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEIn 1903, a young woman sailed from India to Guiana as a "coolie"—the British name for indentured laborers who replaced the newly emancipated slaves on sugar plantations all around the world. Pregnant and traveling alone, this woman, like so many coolies, disappeared into history. In Coolie Woman, her great-granddaughter Gaiutra Bahadur embarks on a journey into the ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEIn 1903, a young woman sailed from India to Guiana as a "coolie"—the British name for indentured laborers who replaced the newly emancipated slaves on sugar plantations all around the world. Pregnant and traveling alone, this woman, like so many coolies, disappeared into history. In Coolie Woman, her great-granddaughter Gaiutra Bahadur embarks on a journey into the
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Strange Legends of Sanskrit Literature

The Greatest Epics of Lost Technologies, Ancient Advanced Civilization and Mighty Gods Who ruled Earth

by HENRY ROMANO ...

Narrated by Alastair Cameron ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

The Vedic and Sanskrit periods are different in matter, spirit, and form from the earlier periods. Sanskrit literature, which is abundant and well developed, is profane; Vedic literature is primarily religious. However, the Upanishads also contain a moralizing spirit despite their speculative tendencies.The Hindu Vedas are filled with gods’ stories, powers, and epic battles supposedly fought ... Read more

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The Vedic and Sanskrit periods are different in matter, spirit, and form from the earlier periods. Sanskrit literature, which is abundant and well developed, is profane; Vedic literature is primarily religious. However, the Upanishads also contain a moralizing spirit despite their speculative tendencies.The Hindu Vedas are filled with gods’ stories, powers, and epic battles supposedly fought
... Read more
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Historia de la India y Mitología India: Una guía apasionante de las principales civilizaciones, imperios, acontecimientos, personajes y mitos

by Billy Wellman ...

Narrated by Carlos Verne ...

Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

2 manuscritos completos en 1 libro:Historia de la India: Un apasionante recorrido por importantes civilizaciones, imperios, acontecimientos, personajes y religionesMitología de la India: Un acercamiento fascinante a los mitos, dioses, y diosas de la IndiaEn la primera parte de este libro descubrirás:Cómo la carretera nacional 1 se remonta hasta el Imperio Maurya.La importancia de la no violen... ... Read more

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2 manuscritos completos en 1 libro:Historia de la India: Un apasionante recorrido por importantes civilizaciones, imperios, acontecimientos, personajes y religionesMitología de la India: Un acercamiento fascinante a los mitos, dioses, y diosas de la IndiaEn la primera parte de este libro descubrirás:Cómo la carretera nacional 1 se remonta hasta el Imperio Maurya.La importancia de la no violen...
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Akali Darshan

Azaadi di Larayi vich Ahinsak Sangarsh

by Edited by Prithipal Singh Kapur ...

Narrated by Mehar Singh ...

Unabridged

2 hours 49 min

***Akali Darshan:***Edited by Prithipal Singh Kapur and translated by Dalip Singh UppalAkali Darshan is a powerful book that shares the inspiring story of the Guru Ke Bagh Morcha, a key event in the Akali movement. What makes this book unique is that it was written by a non-Sikh, showing how deeply the Morcha touched people beyond the Sikh community. The book aims to spread awareness about the ... Read more

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***Akali Darshan:***Edited by Prithipal Singh Kapur and translated by Dalip Singh UppalAkali Darshan is a powerful book that shares the inspiring story of the Guru Ke Bagh Morcha, a key event in the Akali movement. What makes this book unique is that it was written by a non-Sikh, showing how deeply the Morcha touched people beyond the Sikh community. The book aims to spread awareness about the
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White as Milk and Rice

Stories of India's Isolated Tribes

by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia ...

Narrated by Avantika Akerkar ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

The Maria girls from Bastar practise sex as an institution before marriage, but with rules-one may not sleep with a partner more than three times; the Hallaki women from the Konkan coast sing throughout the day-in forests, fields, the market and at protests; the Kanjars have plundered, looted and killed generation after generation, and will show you how to roast a lizard when hungry. The original ... Read more

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The Maria girls from Bastar practise sex as an institution before marriage, but with rules-one may not sleep with a partner more than three times; the Hallaki women from the Konkan coast sing throughout the day-in forests, fields, the market and at protests; the Kanjars have plundered, looted and killed generation after generation, and will show you how to roast a lizard when hungry. The original
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The Rise of the BJP: The Making of the World's Largest Political Party

The Making of the World's Largest Political Party

by Bhupendar Yadav, Ila Pattnaik ...

Narrated by Dipti Singh ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

The Bharatiya Janata Party is an idea that was seeded into the minds of nationalist Jana Sangh leaders when they began to envision India after Independence. Much like the very core the freedom struggle was built on, they saw India as a demographically, culturally and historically cohesive and unified nation - as Bharat.In this book, senior BJP leader and cabinet minister Bhupender Yadav and ... Read more

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The Bharatiya Janata Party is an idea that was seeded into the minds of nationalist Jana Sangh leaders when they began to envision India after Independence. Much like the very core the freedom struggle was built on, they saw India as a demographically, culturally and historically cohesive and unified nation - as Bharat.In this book, senior BJP leader and cabinet minister Bhupender Yadav and
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History of India

The Kashmir Region and the Maurya Empire

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Doug Greene ...

Unabridged

1 hour 24 min

This is a compilation of 2 different titles, which are about the following topics:1: The Maurya Empire was a South Asian Iron Age historic empire centered in Magadha, created by Chandragupta Maurya in the year 322 before Christ and lasting till 185 before Christ in a loose-knit way. The conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain focused the Maurya Empire, and Pataliputra functioned as its capital city ... Read more

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This is a compilation of 2 different titles, which are about the following topics:1: The Maurya Empire was a South Asian Iron Age historic empire centered in Magadha, created by Chandragupta Maurya in the year 322 before Christ and lasting till 185 before Christ in a loose-knit way. The conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain focused the Maurya Empire, and Pataliputra functioned as its capital city
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The Shortest History of India

From the World's Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy—A Retelling for Our Times

by John Zubrzycki ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world's most populous nation and a rising global power.India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has ... Read more

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5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world's most populous nation and a rising global power.India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has
... Read more
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The Princess and the Political Agent

by Binodini Devi ...

Narrated by L. Somi Roy ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

The Manipuri writer Binodini's Sahitya Akademi Award-winning historical novel The Princess and the Political Agent tells the love story of her aunt Princess Sanatombi and Lt. Col. Henry P. Maxwell, the British representative in the subjugated Tibeto-Burman kingdom of Manipur. A poignant story of love and fealty, treachery andvalour, it is set in the midst of the imperialist intrigues of the ... Read more

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The Manipuri writer Binodini's Sahitya Akademi Award-winning historical novel The Princess and the Political Agent tells the love story of her aunt Princess Sanatombi and Lt. Col. Henry P. Maxwell, the British representative in the subjugated Tibeto-Burman kingdom of Manipur. A poignant story of love and fealty, treachery andvalour, it is set in the midst of the imperialist intrigues of the
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Mughal Empire

The Early Modern Islamic Empire in South Asia

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Kelly Fraser ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

The Mughal Empire, also referred to as the Mogul or Moghul Empire, was one of the most powerful and influential early modern Islamic empires in South Asia. Established in the 16th century, it controlled vast regions for over two centuries, encompassing territories from the peripheries of the Indus basin in the west, extending to northern Afghanistan, Kashmir in the north, present-day Bangladesh in ... Read more

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The Mughal Empire, also referred to as the Mogul or Moghul Empire, was one of the most powerful and influential early modern Islamic empires in South Asia. Established in the 16th century, it controlled vast regions for over two centuries, encompassing territories from the peripheries of the Indus basin in the west, extending to northern Afghanistan, Kashmir in the north, present-day Bangladesh in
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The Elephant and the Dragon

The Rise of India and China, and What It Means for All of Us

by Robyn Meredith ...

Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

In the streets of India, camels pull carts loaded with construction materials, and monkeys race across roads, dodging cars. In China, men in Mao jackets pedal bicycles along newly built highways, past skyscrapers sprouting like bamboo. Yet exotic India is as near as the voice answering an 800 number for one dollar an hour. Communist China is as close as the nearest Wal-Mart, its shelves full of ... Read more

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In the streets of India, camels pull carts loaded with construction materials, and monkeys race across roads, dodging cars. In China, men in Mao jackets pedal bicycles along newly built highways, past skyscrapers sprouting like bamboo. Yet exotic India is as near as the voice answering an 800 number for one dollar an hour. Communist China is as close as the nearest Wal-Mart, its shelves full of
... Read more
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Let My Country Awake

Indian Revolutionaries in America and the Fight to Overthrow the British Raj

by Scott Miller ...

Narrated by Neil Shah ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

On the eve of World War I, a band of Indian immigrants living in the United States hatched an audacious plan to liberate their homeland from British colonial rule. Founded by a group of student radicals at UC Berkeley, the Ghadar Movement mounted one of the most significant challenges to the British Raj before the rise of the Indian National Congress under Gandhi—but unlike the INC, the Ghadar ... Read more

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On the eve of World War I, a band of Indian immigrants living in the United States hatched an audacious plan to liberate their homeland from British colonial rule. Founded by a group of student radicals at UC Berkeley, the Ghadar Movement mounted one of the most significant challenges to the British Raj before the rise of the Indian National Congress under Gandhi—but unlike the INC, the Ghadar
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1800kalin India

1800களின் இந்தியா

by Mark Twain ...

Narrated by Bhavani Anantharaman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

1800kalin India: 1800களின் இந்தியா - Mark Twain மார்க் ட்வைன் | Translator Priya Ramkumar | ப்ரியா ராம்குமார் Produced by : Aurality மற்றும் சுவாசம் பதிப்பகம் Narrated by: Bhavani Anantharaman ‘Following the Equator’ என்கிற பயண நூல் புகழ்பெற்ற அமெரிக்க எழுத்தாளர் மார்க் ட்வைனால் (Mark Twain) எழுதப்பட்டது. உலகின் பல முக்கியப் பகுதிகளுக்கு 1895-1897க்கு இடையே அவர் பயணம் செய்தார். அந்த அனுபவங்களின் த ... Read more

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1800kalin India: 1800களின் இந்தியா - Mark Twain மார்க் ட்வைன் | Translator Priya Ramkumar | ப்ரியா ராம்குமார் Produced by : Aurality மற்றும் சுவாசம் பதிப்பகம் Narrated by: Bhavani Anantharaman ‘Following the Equator’ என்கிற பயண நூல் புகழ்பெற்ற அமெரிக்க எழுத்தாளர் மார்க் ட்வைனால் (Mark Twain) எழுதப்பட்டது. உலகின் பல முக்கியப் பகுதிகளுக்கு 1895-1897க்கு இடையே அவர் பயணம் செய்தார். அந்த அனுபவங்களின் த
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Gandhi Before India

by Ramachandra Guha ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

23 hours 28 min

Ramachandra Guha—hailed by Time as "Indian democracy's preeminent chronicler"—takes us from Gandhi's birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, his two years as a student in London and his two decades as a lawyer and community organizer in South Africa. Guha has uncovered myriad previously untapped documents, including private papers of Gandhi's contemporaries and coworkers; contemporary ... Read more

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Ramachandra Guha—hailed by Time as "Indian democracy's preeminent chronicler"—takes us from Gandhi's birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, his two years as a student in London and his two decades as a lawyer and community organizer in South Africa. Guha has uncovered myriad previously untapped documents, including private papers of Gandhi's contemporaries and coworkers; contemporary
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Gandhi

The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948

by Ramachandra Guha ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

36 hours 11 min

This volume opens with Mohandas Gandhi's arrival in Bombay in January 1915 and takes us through his epic struggles over the next three decades: to deliver India from British rule, to forge harmonious relations between India's Hindu and Muslim populations, to end the pernicious Hindu practice of untouchability, and to develop India's economic and moral self-reliance. We see how in each of these ... Read more

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This volume opens with Mohandas Gandhi's arrival in Bombay in January 1915 and takes us through his epic struggles over the next three decades: to deliver India from British rule, to forge harmonious relations between India's Hindu and Muslim populations, to end the pernicious Hindu practice of untouchability, and to develop India's economic and moral self-reliance. We see how in each of these
... Read more
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Sisters of Mokama

The Pioneering Women Who Brought Hope and Healing to India

by Jyoti Thottam ...

Narrated by Laura Jennings ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

**"Sisters of Mokama is proof that faith and courage does move mountains."—Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for StoneThe never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same**New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam’s mother was part of an extraordinary group of Indian women. ... Read more

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**"Sisters of Mokama is proof that faith and courage does move mountains."—Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for StoneThe never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same**New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam’s mother was part of an extraordinary group of Indian women.
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Sacred Agni Purana, The

An Authoritative Guide to Hindu Mythology and Ancient Laws

by Swati Bisht ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master the definitive summary of the Agni Purana, a comprehensive guide to Vedic knowledge, Hindu mythology, and ancient Indian science.The Agni Purana occupies a singular position in Sanskrit literature, functioning as a rigorous intellectual inventory of classical Indian civilization. Traditionally delivered by Agni, the god of fire, this text ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master the definitive summary of the Agni Purana, a comprehensive guide to Vedic knowledge, Hindu mythology, and ancient Indian science.The Agni Purana occupies a singular position in Sanskrit literature, functioning as a rigorous intellectual inventory of classical Indian civilization. Traditionally delivered by Agni, the god of fire, this text
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Periyannan – A History That Was Never Written (Tamil)

by Karthik Chidambaram ...

Narrated by Karthik Chidambaram ...

Unabridged

2 hours 49 min

Periyannan – A History That Was Never Written” by Karthik Chidambaram captures the remarkable journey of A.R. Periyannan, a visionary whose life was deeply intertwined with Tamil Nadu’s social, cultural, and political transformation in the 20th century. Blending family history, Dravidian movement influences, and personal milestones, this book preserves untold stories for future generations. ... Read more

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Periyannan – A History That Was Never Written” by Karthik Chidambaram captures the remarkable journey of A.R. Periyannan, a visionary whose life was deeply intertwined with Tamil Nadu’s social, cultural, and political transformation in the 20th century. Blending family history, Dravidian movement influences, and personal milestones, this book preserves untold stories for future generations.
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Krantikari

Bharat ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Ek Alag Kahani

by Sanjeev Sanyal ...

Narrated by Ashish Bhandari ...

Unabridged

11 hours 44 min

The history of India's struggle for freedom is usually told from the perspective of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to colonial occupation is just as important. Names such as Vinayak Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose, Bagha Jatin, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose are still widely remembered. Their story is almost ... Read more

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The history of India's struggle for freedom is usually told from the perspective of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to colonial occupation is just as important. Names such as Vinayak Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose, Bagha Jatin, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose are still widely remembered. Their story is almost
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Ayodhip Perumal

by Gokul Seshadri ...

Narrated by Deepika Arun ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

Rām katha traditions in Tamiḷ Nādu trace their roots to to the literatures of saṇgam (300 BCE - 250 CE) and post saṇgam periods. Tamiḷ sources intricately weave the narrative of Rām, presenting a diverse range of perspectives on the heroes and the timeless tale, thus contributing significantly to the rich Bharatīya tradition.Independent temples of Rāma were consecrated, images of Rāma were ... Read more

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Rām katha traditions in Tamiḷ Nādu trace their roots to to the literatures of saṇgam (300 BCE - 250 CE) and post saṇgam periods. Tamiḷ sources intricately weave the narrative of Rām, presenting a diverse range of perspectives on the heroes and the timeless tale, thus contributing significantly to the rich Bharatīya tradition.Independent temples of Rāma were consecrated, images of Rāma were
... Read more

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