Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples: Episodes from Indian History
By: Meenakshi Jain
4.77
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
This work examines the medieval response to temple destruction and image desecration. While temples…
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1. India's Biggest Cover-up
By: Anuj Dhar
4.24
Format: 691 pages, Kindle Edition
India's biggest cover-up is an investigative insight into the Netaji mystery and its stranger than … read more
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2. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
By: Samuel P. Huntington
3.77
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"Sam Huntington, one of the West's most eminent political scientists, presents a challenging framew… read more
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"يقول ريجيه ديبراي Régis Debray أن الدين ليس (أفيون الشعوب) وإنما (فيتامين الضعفاء)"-Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
"Multiculturalism is in its essence anti-European civilization. It is basically an anti-Western ideology."-Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
"Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history."-Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
"It is absurd to assume that the new political societies emerging in the East will be copies of the societies we know in the West."-Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
3. The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
4.28
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
Much of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. In a first-of-its-ki… read more
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4. The Laws of The Spirit World
By: Khorshed Bhavnagari , Bhavnagi Khorshed
3.73
Format: 238 pages,
In 1980, Rumi and Khorshed Bhavnagri lost their sons Vispi and Ratoo in a car accident. Within a mo… read more
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5. Living with the Himalayan Masters
By: Swami Rama
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a book of inspirational stories of Swama Rama's experiences and lessons learned with the gr… read more
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6. Anandamath
By: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay , Basanta Koomar Roy
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
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7. ಆವರಣ [Aavarana]
By: S.L. Bhyrappa
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Aavarana (Kannada: aavrnn) is a 2007 Kannada novel by one of the eminent novelists S.L. Bhyrappa. A… read more
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8. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
By: Shashi Tharoor
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more
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9. 7 Secrets of the Goddess (The 7 Secret Series, #4)
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Lakshmi massages Vishnus feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shivas chest. Is this female… read more
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11. Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud
By: Arun Shourie
3.86
Format: None pages,
Shourie has the anecdotal reasoning of Nirad Chaudhuri married to the writing style of Robert Ludlu… read more
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12. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
13. Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)
By: Anand Ranganathan
4.48
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
To those who claim we are now living in a totalitarian, fascist, Hindu Rashtra, one must What kind… read more
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- hinduism
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"The concept of justice is like memory. It keeps getting passed on until it is realised."-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)
"To me, the mark of civilisation is this unquenchable thirst of man to demand justice for his ancestors; to correct a historical wrong. For that exemplifies a continuity; an idea, a memory that can ne…"-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)
"And to those who now call this nation a Hindu Rashtra, run by religious zealots and fascists, to those I ask: In which theocratic state would religious zealots wait for half a millennium and even the…"-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)
14. Do Epic Shit
By: Ankur Warikoo
3.76
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more
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"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit
15. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
4.63
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more
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16. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.46
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of Europea… read more
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"The spiritual character of the relationship between indigeneity and nature is an emotion that the coloniser can at best exoticise but can never relate to."-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
"Rest of the world was not living in the Dark Ages before Pax Europaea or European Peace, and will certainly not plunge into ignorance and darkness after the demise of Pax Europaea. Therefore, it is t…"-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
"Until a decolonial approach is employed by experts and ‘intellectuals’, we will continue to see the entrenchment of colonialised identities and fissures, which began with an anti-Brahmin slant but wh…"-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
"The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millenn…"-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
17. The Magicians of Mazda
By: Ashwin Sanghi
3.98
Format: 492 pages, Paperback
YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH... AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE … read more
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18. Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story
By: K.J.S. 'Tiny' Dhillon
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
He has extensively served in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the North-East of India. He has the distinct… read more
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19. India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation (Bharat Trilogy #2)
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.63
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
India, Bharat and Pakistan, the second book of the Bharat Trilogy, takes the discussion forward fro… read more
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20. Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
By: Vikram Sampath
4.72
Format: 600 pages, Hardcover
Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to uniquely influence India's political… read more
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21. Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History
By: Vikram Sampath
4.52
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen Brave Men and Women of Bharat, who Never Succumbed to the Challenges of Invaders But Lo… read more
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22. Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples: Episodes from Indian History
By: Meenakshi Jain
4.77
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
This work examines the medieval response to temple destruction and image desecration. While temples… read more
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23. Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924
By: Vikram Sampath
4.58
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
As the intellectual fountainhead of the ideology of Hindutva, which is in political ascendancy in I… read more
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"In a rare approach of postulating a broad humanitarian acceptance, Vinayak always emphasized that he or his associates must not hate the British; that they should be considered enemies only till the …"-Vikram Sampath, Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924
24. False Allies: India's Maharajahs in The Age of Ravi Varma
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.79
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
India?s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots, consumed by lust and luxury. Beje… read more
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25. Value Investing and Behavioral Finance: Insights into Indian Stock Market Realities
By: Parag Parikh
4.06
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
"When others are greedy be fearful and when others are fearful be greedy" - ill-timed bouts of gree… read more
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26. Diamonds in the Dust: Consistent Compounding for Extraordinary Wealth Creation
By: Saurabh Mukherjea
4.10
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
Over the last few years, there has been a growing realization among Indians that their life's savin… read more
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27. A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational State
By: Harsh Gupta 'Madhusudan'
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
‘A clear look into India’s political, social and economic history unobstructed by decades of agenda… read more
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28. Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi’s Gyan Vapi
By: Vikram Sampath
4.68
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Few places in the world carry the heavy burden of history as effortlessly as Kashi, or Varanasi, ha… read more
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29. Unbreaking India: Decision on Article 370 and the CAA
By: Sanjay Dixit
4.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
The nullification of Article 370 and enactment of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, had been… read more
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30. Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha
By: Rahul Roushan
4.35
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
This is the journey of a person who hated the word ‘Sanghi’ but ended up happily adopting it as a l… read more
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31. Invaders and Infidels : From Sindh to Delhi: The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions (Book 1)
By: Sandeep Balakrishna
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale… read more
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