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  • BENGAL 2021

    An Election Diary

    by Deep Halder ...
    On 20 May 2011, Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the first female chief minister of West Bengal, bringing an end to thirty-three years of CPI(M) rule. 'Poriborton!' screamed the morning papers, echoing Trinamool Congress's catchphrase for bringing in change. A decade later, amidst allegations against the TMC of political violence, syndicate rule and institutional corruption, the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Blood Island

    An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre

    by Deep Halder ...
    'When the house of history is on fire, journalists are often the first-responders, pulling victims away from the flames. Deep Halder is one of them.' - Amitava KumarIn 1978, around 1.5 lakh Hindu refugees, mostly belonging to the lower castes, settled in Marichjhapi an island in the Sundarbans, in West Bengal. By May 1979, the island was cleared of all refugees by Jyoti Basu's Left Front ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Being Hindu In Bangladesh

    The Untold Story

    by Deep Halder, Avishek Biswas ...
    For those who carry the scars of Partition, more than seven decades after arbitrary lines scarred the subcontinent, home is still on the other side of the Padma river. They pine for those who were left behind as a great mass of humanity moved from the east to the west of Bengal to settle in Hindu-majority India. Where are they today in the land that was then east Bengal, which became East Pakistan ... Read more

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  • Mamata Banerjee: My Unforgettable Memories

    by Mamata Banerjee, Nandini Sengupta ...
    This is India's first English translation of Mamata Banerjee's memoirs. Based on her previous writings in Bengali, this succint account spans through her life, right from her youth to her political career. Her humble upbringing comes to the forefront as she expresses her innate desire to nurture her political career with her values. A journey into the life of one of India's most renowned ... Read more

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  • Modi's Yatra to Power

    by Andy Marino ...
    The incredible story of what makes Narendra Modi a potential prime ministerial candidate. As he overcomes resistance from within his own party, from various factions of the Sangh Parivar and from his political opponents. A fascinating account of what it takes to be mass leader. ... Read more

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  • The Elephant, The Tiger, and the Cellphone

    India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power

    by Shashi Tharoor ...
    Interest in India has never been greater. Here Shashi Tharoor, one of the subcontinent’s most respected writers and diplomats, offers precious insights into this complex, multifaceted land, which despite its dazzling diversity of languages, customs, and cultures remains-more than sixty years after its founding-the world’s largest democracy. He describes the vast changes that have transformed this ... Read more

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  • The Passenger: India

    by The Passenger, Arundhati Roy, Prem Shankar Jha, Tishani Doshi ...
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    A journey into today's India through essays, photography, and more, shortlisted for a 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award.Since its earliest interactions with the West, India has been the object of a gross misinterpretation, a vague association with ideas of peace, spiritualism, the magic of the fakirs. Constantly reframed and mythologized by Westerners fleeing their supposedly rationalist ... Read more

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  • Sri Lanka

    the New Country

    by Padma Rao Sundarji ...
    The thirty-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka which ended in 2009 shook the island-nation. Now there is peace, rapid development - and a new government. But questions remain. What do Tamils and Sinhalese feel about their new country? What are their dreams for the future?Sri Lanka: The New Country is insightful and unusual reportage from the dispassionate eye of a foreign correspondent who covered ... Read more

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  • Gandhi - With Audio Level 4 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library

    by Rowena Akinyemi ...
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  • 101 Amazing Facts About India

    by Jack Goldstein ...
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    In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of India. Separated into sections such as its geography, its landmarks, famous Indian figures from history and many more you will find some fascinating information inside! Whether you are planning on visiting India, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an ... Read more

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  • Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India

    A Tale of Women and Power in India

    by Amana Fontanella-Khan ...
    A triumphant portrait of a fiery sisterhood changing the lives of India's women.In Uttar Pradesh—known as the "badlands" of India—a woman’s life is not entirely her own. This is one explanation for how Sheelu, a seventeen-year-old girl, ended up in jail after fleeing her service in the home of a powerful local legislator. In a region plagued by corruption, an incident like this might have gone ... Read more

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