China and India, accounting for 37.5 percent of the world's population, have today become major determinants of the direction of world affairs. With consistent economic growth rates
Travelogues from colonial and pre-colonial times inevitably have great value as source material for historians. Unfortunately, very few such publications exist on Tibet. The first mention of the '
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by John Pemble
Frontline Books, 2008
Thucydides begins his monumental History of the Peloponnesian War by saying that whatever
The Value of Money
by Prabhat Patnaik
Tulika, 2008
Prabhat Patnaik's new work comes at a good time. 'Financialisation' is on the run, as the world
Khairlanji:
A strange and bitter crop
By Anand Teltumbde
Navayana, 2008
On 29 September 2006, in a modest town in eastern Maharashtra called Khairlanji, a tragedy occurred. A gang of
AIDS Sutra: Untold stories from India
edited by Negar Akhavi
Random House, 2008
Any book with an introduction from Bill and Melinda Gates, a foreword from Amartya Sen and essays
Stranger to History: A son's journey through Islamic lands by Aatish Taseer
Picador, 2009
When he was eight, Aatish Taseer sent a letter to his politician father, who
Kuano nadi, sankri, neeli, shaant/Jaane kab hogi aachitij, laal, uddhaam, Bahut gareeb hai yeh dharti/Jahan yeh behti hai.
– Sarveshwar Kuano river, thin, blue, calm/When will it spread
A tale about a Tibetan student in Delhi and his political growth as an exile.
A comprehensive tome on the rise and fall of empires.
Caterpillar and the Mahua Flower:
Tremors in India's mining fields
edited by Rakesh Kalshian
Panos South Asia, 2007 Mahua flowers fall to the ground in the morning, which
Tejpal´s contemporary India masquerading as fiction.
