Republic of Religion: The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India
By: Abhinav Chandrachud
3.96
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
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By: Phil Knight
4.47
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2. 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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By: Michael Bar-Zohar , Nissim Mishal
4.10
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5. The Annihilation of Caste
By: B.R. Ambedkar
3.50
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6. Curfewed Night
By: Basharat Peer
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7. 10 Judgements That Changed India
By: Zia Mody
3.21
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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8. NANI PALKHIVALA - THE COURTROOM GENIUS
By: None , None
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9. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
By: James Clavell
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10. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.46
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11. Tomb of Sand
By: Geetanjali Shree
3.70
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12. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee
4.23
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
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"The bottom line is that, much as in rich countries, we have no accepted recipe for how to make growth happen in poor countries. Even the experts seem to have accepted this. In 2006, the World Bank as…"-Abhijit V. Banerjee, Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
13. The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
By: David Robson
4.02
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"❞ إذا نَشَأْتَ بين أشخاص لا يثقون بالعلماء، فقد تكتسب ميلًا لتجاهل الأدلة التجريبية والوثوق بالنظريات غير المُثبَتة ❝"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
"في أي مهنة، يوجد الكثير من الأفراد منخفضي معدل الذكاء الذين يتفوقون على أشخاص ذوي معدل أعلى بكثير، كما يوجد أشخاص أكثر ذكاءً لا يحسنون استغلال مقدرتهم العقلية، ما يؤكد أن سمات مثل الإبداع والحكم المهن…"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
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"❞ رغم أن عقودًا من الأبحاث النفسية وثَّقت ميل البشر إلى اللا عقلانية، فلم يبدأ العلماء إلا مؤخرًا نسبيًّا في قياس مدى اختلاف اللا عقلانية بين الأفراد، ودراسة ما إذا كان ذلك التباين يرتبط بمقاييس الذكاء. وت…"-David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
14. The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
By: Arundhati Roy
4.33
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
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"Gandhi actually said everything and it's opposite. To cherry pickers, he offers such a bewildering variety of cherries that you have to wonder if there was something the matter with the tree."-Arundhati Roy, The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
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15. 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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16. Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages
By: Peggy Mohan
4.19
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
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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
17. Republic of Religion: The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India
By: Abhinav Chandrachud
3.96
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
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