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Jadoowallahas, Jugglers, and Jinns:
A Magical History of India
by John Zubrzycki
Pan Macmillan India — Picador India Pages: 508 ISBN 9789386215352 __0__
Magic, in case you did not know, is as old as India. Indeed, the blurred boundaries between magic, mythology and religion continue to be the defining feature of Indian enchantment, the origins of which go back to the start of the Harappan civilization nearly 5,000 years ago. Australian diplomat-turned-writer John (…)
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A Classic on Indian Magic | M.R. Narayan Swamy
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A Marvel that Indian Cities Once Were | M.R. Narayan Swamy
5 January 2024, by M R Narayan SwamyBOOK REVIEW __0__
Indian Cities: Ancient and Medieval by Raghavan Srinivasan
Hachette India Pages: xi + 180; Price: Rs 399 ISBN-10 : 9357312501 ISBN-13 : 978-9357312509 __0__
It is a matter of immense pity that Indians do not build and maintain their cities the way their ancestors did during the Harappan Civilization.
The baths in houses, public wells, bathing areas and high-quality drainage were among the most startling discoveries that archaeologists made when they began (…) -
A comprehensive document on strides of the Indian army during the Second World War | Joydip Ghosal
20 May 2023BOOK REVIEW
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Saving the World from Hitler by R. Prasannan
Manorama Books
• ISBN-10 : 8189004395 • ISBN-13 : 978-8189004392
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Saving the World from Hitler, India’s battle in world war II a recent contribution to the literature of the second world war is a valuable account that sheds light on the unknown aspect i.e. the gallantry and display of valour on the battlefield by Indian soldiers. Written in a racy style and interspersed with curious (…) -
How America
14 June 2025, by M R Narayan Swamy[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]
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The Long Southern Strategy:
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
by Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields
Oxford University Press:
Pages: xxiii + 534
ISBN-10 ? : ? 0190265965
ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0190265960
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For a long time, Democrats had painted the entire southern United States blue, winning the hearts of the white majority in the sprawling region. There was a reason for this. The Democratic Party (…) -
Review of Goodman’s How the World Ran Out of Everything | M.R. Narayan Swamy
12 July 2024, by M R Narayan Swamy[fond blanc][noir]BOOK REVIEWnoir]fond blanc]
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How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain by Peter S Goodman
Mariner Books New York/Boston Pages: viii + 406; Price: Rs 599
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It is now politically fashionable in the US to blame China for all the economic ills the world’s richest country is facing. Yet it was the White House and the American monopoly capital that made Beijing what it is now – a global economic behemoth. (…) -
Prakash Singh and the Future of Police Reforms in Independent India | KS Subramanian
11 March 2023, by K S SubramanianBOOK REVIEW
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The Struggle For Police Reforms in India : Ruler’s Police to People’s Police by Prakash Singh
Rupa Publications India May 2022 Paperback : 432 pages ISBN-10 : 9355202474 ISBN-13 : 978-9355202475
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Prakash Singh is a leading former IPS officers of India. He belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the IPS and was the state’s Director General of Police. He was also DG of the Border Security Force, a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) such as the CRPF (…) -
Conquering the last bastion: The growth of Hindutva in Kerala | Sanjana K.S.
22 March 2025[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW:blanc]fond noir]
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Hindu Nationalism in South India: The Rise of Saffron in Kerala
by Nissim Mannathukkaren
Routledge
1st edition (31 July 2024) 272 pages
ISBN-10 : ? 1032003065
ISBN-13 ?: ? 978-1032003061
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A decade since the remarkable victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 with Narendra Modi in the fore has opened a plethora of academic debates on the party -
Will the Sun Shine Again in Manipur? | Arup Kumar Sen
22 June 2024, by Arup Kumar Sen[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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Shooting the Sun: Why Manipur Was Engulfed by Violence and the Government Remained Silent
by Nandita Haksar
Speaking tiger (5 January 2024) Paperback : 200 pages ISBN-10 : 9354477011 | ISBN-13 : 978-9354477010
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Manipur is burning with hate and violence since May 2023. We the outsiders do not know what triggered this vicious cycle of violence. Nandita Haksar’s recently published book, Shooting the Sun: Why (…) -
Reading The Housekeeper and the Professor in a Distracted Century | Disha
27 September 2025, by DishaIn my quest to find some calm in this fast-paced world, and in my dwindling habit of reading, I picked up another short book, one I managed to finish in just two hours. It was Yoko Ogawa
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Review of Alpa Shah’s The Incarcerations | Anand Chakravarti
4 May 2024, by Anand Chakravarti[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India
by Alpa Shah
HarperCollins Publishers India 2024, xxii + 561pp. Rs.699 P-ISBN 978-93-5489-986-7 (Paperback)
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This is a book by a scholar of conscience – one who is deeply affected by the perverse use of state power to incarcerate sixteen persons accused of conspiring against the state in the infamous Bhima Koregaon case (henceforth BK case, and (…)