Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
By: Peggy Mohan
4.19
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
One of India’s most incredible and enviable cultural aspects is that every Indian is bilingual, if …
Want to Read $ 25.00"In a grandiose sweep that demolished history itself, Sanskrit was put forward as the ancestor of not just this brand new ‘Shuddh’ Hindi, but the ‘Mother of all languages’. We still find otherwise thoughtful Indians asking: Well, if not Hindi, which other modern Indian language came directly from Sanskrit? It is hard to let go of a crutch we have grown up with—one every bit as powerful as the myth that all of us mixed people in the north are actually Ārya, or, more crudely put, The Master Race."-Peggy Mohan, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
"In a grandiose sweep that demolished history itself, Sanskrit was put forward as the ancestor of not just this brand new ‘Shuddh’ Hindi, but the ‘Mother of all languages’. We still find otherwise thoughtful Indians asking: Well, if not Hindi, which other modern Indian language came directly from Sanskrit? It is hard to let go of a crutch we have grown up with—one every bit as powerful as the myth that all of us mixed people in the north are actually Ārya, or, more crudely put, The Master Race."-Peggy Mohan, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
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4.39
Format: 912 pages, Hardcover
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By: Sanjeev Sanyal
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5.00
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4.33
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26. Aryans: The Search for a People, a Place and a Myth
By: Charles Allen
4.19
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27. Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
By: Peggy Mohan
4.19
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
One of India’s most incredible and enviable cultural aspects is that every Indian is bilingual, if … read more
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"In a grandiose sweep that demolished history itself, Sanskrit was put forward as the ancestor of not just this brand new ‘Shuddh’ Hindi, but the ‘Mother of all languages’. We still find otherwise tho…"-Peggy Mohan, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
28. Truck de India!: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Hindustan
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4.25
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Shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar "...a travelogue rich in feeling and insight."… read more
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29. Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine
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4.49
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
At a time when medicine is a highly sought-after career for Indian women, it is hard to imagine wha… read more
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30. India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today
By: Ashoka Mody
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
When Indian leaders first took control of their government in 1947, they proclaimed the ideals of n… read more
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31. Don't Forward That Text!: Separating Myths from History on Social Media
By: Amit Schandillia
3.50
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
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