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  • An Uncommon Road: How Canadian Sikhs Struggled out of the Fringes and into the Mainstream

    by Gian Sandhu ...
    A riveting, incisive account of some of the most complex politics in modern Canada, from the founder of the World Sikh Organization of Canada.Widely publicized atrocities in the mid-80s came to define Canada's Sikhs: the 1984 assault on the Golden Temple by the Indian military, the assassination of Indira Gandhi and subsequent pogroms that left over 3,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi alone, and the bombing ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Elephant, The Tiger, and the Cellphone

    India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power

    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

    $12.99 USD

  • The End of Imagination

    by Arundhati Roy ...
    Five books of essays in one volume from the Booker Prize–winner and "one of the most ambitious and divisive political essayists of her generation" ( The Washington Post).With a new introduction by Arundhati Roy, this new collection begins with her pathbreaking book The Cost of Living—published soon after she won the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things—in which she forcefully ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Seditious Heart

    Collected Nonfiction

    by Arundhati Roy ...
    **Two decades of commentary by the New York Times–bestselling author: "An electrifying political essayist . . . uplifting . . . galvanizing." — BooklistFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of such works as The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, My Seditious Heart collects nonfiction spanning over twenty years and chronicles a battle for justice, rights, and freedoms in an ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • India Booms

    The Breathtaking Development and Influence of Modern India

    by John Farndon ...
    The ancient birthplace of some of the world's major religions and now a modern nuclear power, India is experiencing spectacular economic growth. In twenty-five years its population will overtake that of China, making it one of the most populous and rapidly-developing countries in the world. We all need to know more about this intriguing country.John Farndon explores the changing face of modern-day ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • In Spite of the Gods

    The Rise of Modern India

    by Edward Luce ...
    As the world's largest democracy and a rising international economic power, India has long been heralded for its great strides in technology and trade. Yet it is also plagued by poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and a vast array of other social and economic issues. Here, noted journalist and former Financial Times South Asia bureau chief Edward Luce travels throughout India's many regions, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Modi's India

    Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

    Translated by Cynthia Schoch ...
    A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intoleranceOver the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large. Modi managed to seduce a substantial number of citizens by ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • A New Religious America

    How a "Christian Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation

    by Diana L. Eck ...
    Why Understanding America's Religious Landscape Is the Most Important Challenge Facing Us TodayThe 1990s saw the U.S. Navy commission its first Muslim chaplain and open its first mosque.There are presently more than three hundred temples in Los Angeles, home to the greatest variety of Buddhists in the world.There are more American Muslims than there are American Episcopalians, Jews, or ... Read more

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  • Journey After Midnight

    India, Canada and the Road Beyond

    by Ujjal Dosanjh ...
    A midnight's child of poor rural India, Ujjal Dosanjh emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1964 at the age of eighteen, and spent nearly four years making crayons, car parts and shunting trains while he attended night school and learned English by listening to BBC Radio. He moved to Canada in 1968, to the west coast, where he pulled lumber in a sawmill for a few years, eventually earning a B.A from ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Field Notes on Democracy

    Listening to Grasshoppers

    by Arundhati Roy ...
    In "gorgeously wrought" essays, the New York Times-bestselling author of The God of Small Things takes a critical look at India's political climate ( Time Magazine).These "powerful" essays ( Kirkus Reviews) examine the dark side of contemporary India, looking closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism, and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gujarat Riots: the True Story

    The Truth of the 2002 Riots

    by M D Deshpande ...
    The 2002 violence in Gujarat, Godhra and after was reported widely by the media, both Indian and Global. The nature of the violence, the role of the state government, and also of the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi were massively debated and discussed. Many contrasting views have been expressed worldwide about the topic. This book reveals exactly what happened. With meticulous media research, it ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Narendra Modi

    A political Biography

    by Andy Marino ...
    Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, is powerful, popular and controversial. With the general elections due to conclude in May 2014, Modi's campaign rallies have drawn unprecedented crowds. Yet, the man remains an enigma. His supporters regard him as the visionary, decisive leader India needs today. His detractors see him as a polarizing fi gure. Is Modi authoritative or ... Read more

    $14.99 USD