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  • How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?

    Voices of Indian Political Prisoners

    by Suchitra Vijayan, Francesca Recchia ...
    ‘Those who want to understand the nature of today’s political regime in India need to read this book’ Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor, King’s College London‘A telling account of repression and resistance in the new India’ Jean Drèze, Indian economist‘A brave and necessary record of how behind tall prison walls, some of India’s finest hearts and minds are locked away by a state fearful of their ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Midnight's Borders

    A People's History of Modern India

    by Suchitra Vijayan ...
    A Booklist "Top 10 History Book of 2022"The first true people's history of modern India, told through a seven-year, 9,000-mile journey along its many contested bordersSharing borders with six countries and spanning a geography that extends from Pakistan to Myanmar, India is the world's largest democracy and second most populous country. It is also the site of the world's biggest crisis of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?

    Voices of Indian Political Prisoners

    by Suchitra Vijayan, Francesca Recchia ...
    Narrated by Anu Anand, Sam Dastor, Sahera Chohan, Raj Ghatak, Seema Bowri ...
    Series series Outspoken by Pluto

    Unabridged

    6 hours 9 min

    Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. The BJP's political dream is clear: to achieve the ethno-nationalist aim of an exclusively 'Hindu' India, while targeting anyone who dares to question or dissent.In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived ... Read more

    $29.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Midnight's Borders

    A People's History of Modern India

    by Suchitra Vijayan ...
    Narrated by Sunny Patel ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 6 min

    Sharing borders with six countries and spanning a geography that extends from Pakistan to Myanmar, India is the world's largest democracy and second most populous country. It is also the site of the world's biggest crisis of statelessness, as it strips citizenship from hundreds of thousands of its people—especially those living in disputed border regions. Suchitra Vijayan traveled India's vast ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Longest August

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  • Field Notes on Democracy

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  • Beyond The Lines: An Autobiography

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  • A Question of Order

    India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen

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  • The Bangladesh Reader

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    Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade ... Read more

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