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“sanjay kak”

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  • Until My Freedom Has Come

    The New Intifada in Kashmir

    by Sanjay Kak ...
    The pieces in this volume voice the rage and helplessness sweeping through the Kashmir Valley while offering rare insights into the lives of those caught in the crossfire. This book is a timely collection of the most exciting writing that has recently emerged from within Kashmir, and about it.Sanjay Kak is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes Jashn-e-Azadi (How We Celebrate Freedom, 2007), ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Inheritance of Loss

    by Kiran Desai ...
    In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, ... Read more

    $3.35 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A History of Bangladesh

    by Willem van Schendel ...
    Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's history reveals the country's vibrant, colourful past and its diverse culture as it navigates the extraordinary twists ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Mahatma Gandhi

    His Life and Ideas

    by Charles F. Andrews ...
    An intimate biography of one of the greatest social andreligious reformers of the modern world."Gandhi's work in nonviolence was comprehensive and not simply confined to politics or human rights. It was about building positive relationships based on respect, understanding, acceptance, and appreciation. It was about eliminating exploitation of all kinds and creating harmony."—from the Foreword by ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India

    Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India

    by Philip J. Stern ...
    Almost since the event itself in 1757, the English East India Company's victory over the forces of the nawab of Bengal and the territorial acquisitions that followed has been perceived as the moment when the British Empire in India was born. Examining the Company's political and intellectual history in the century prior to this supposed transformation, The Company-State rethinks this narrative and ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Outside the Archives

    by Y D Gundevia ...
    You cannot work with a giant and not tell people anything about him, said Dr Zakir Hussain, prompting Y.D. Gundevia to write about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. During his 36-year career in the Indian Civil Service, Mr Gundevia came into close contact with Pandit Nehru with whom he had a genuinely cordial working relationship. In this book of memoirs with a difference, the author makes Pandit Nehru the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Gandhi

    The Power of Nonviolence

    by 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Mahatma Gandhi in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Gandhi’s life and achievements. In the 19th century, European countries had colonised large parts of Asia and Africa to increase their own power. Gandhi used his incredible conception of nonviolent civil disobedience and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Law, Disorder and the Colonial State

    Corruption in Burma c.1900

    by J. Saha ...
    Series series History (R0)
    In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • My Dear Nawab Saheb

    by Harriet R Lynton ...
    A reconstruction of the life and times of Salar Jung, the Regent of Mahbub Ali Pasha and the Dewan of Hyderabad for thirty years. Based on the Salar Jungs correspondence, the book explores the richly layered and developing relations between the British and the Hyderabadi cultures, the misunderstandings, the tussle for power and the conflict of interests. It attempts to present the truth as Salar ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Idea of Nation and its Future in India

    by Shibani Kinkar Chaube ...
    This volume is a theoretico-empirical study of nations and nationalism on a global scale. It enquires if the idea of the nation, by its own logic, is feasible and whether India fulfils the requirement of nationhood with a reasonable prospect of survival. The monograph engages with the theories of nation and nationalism and examines if they are relevant and tenable in contemporary times. It looks ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Last Englishmen

    Love, War, and the End of Empire

    by Deborah Baker ...
    A sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in IndiaJohn Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers—W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender—achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sex and Sensibility

    Richard Blechynden’s Calcutta Diaries, 1791–1822

    by Peter Robb ...
    Richard Blechynden was a surveyor, architect, and builder in early colonial Bengal. This volume and its companion (Sentiment and Self) use 80 volumes of his diaries and other archival material along with anecdotes, extracts, and stories to recreate histories of everyday life.   While Sentiment and Self explores issues like interactions between Europeans and Indians, race and tolerance, this volume ... Read more

    $49.49 USD