Independence Day: A People's History
By: Veena Venugopal
4.17
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
"Seventy-five years ago, India attained its independence. What was it like to be an ordinary citize…
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1. Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi's Last Battle
By: Mark Tully , Satish Jacob
2.86
Format: 358 pages,
Mark Tully and Satish Jacob , who ran the BBC's bureau in Delhi, here trace the long build-up to th… read more
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2. A Necessary Evil (Sam Wyndham #2)
By: Abir Mukherjee
4.04
Format: 9 pages, Hardcover
India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dra… read more
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4. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
By: Ha-Joon Chang
3.00
Format: 136 pages,
In "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", one of today's most iconoclastic thinkers dest… read more
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5. When McKinsey Comes to Town
By: Walt Bogdanich
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more
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"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town
6. Independence
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more
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"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence
7. Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
By: Anirudh Kanisetti
4.23
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The history of the vast Indian subcontinent is usually told as a series of ephemeral moments when a… read more
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8. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)
By: Harini Nagendra
3.62
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more
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9. The Eighth Detective
By: Alex Pavesi
3.51
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective. The rest is j… read more
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10. Planning Democracy: How A Professor, An Institute, And An Idea Shaped India
By: Nikhil Menon
3.93
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
India's Five-Year Plans were one of the developing world's most ambitious experiments. After nearly… read more
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11. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
By: Salman Khan
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more
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12. Age of Vice
By: Deepti Kapoor
3.61
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that … read more
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"You are who you are, the past is gone. It’s the present you must master now."-Deepti Kapoor, Age of Vice
13. The Fast and the Dead (ACP Bhavani Singh, #2)
By: Anuja Chauhan
3.72
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
All of Habba Galli, Shivajinagar, is disturbed when eccentric Dondi Pais empties her double-barrell… read more
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14. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
By: Carlo M. Cipolla
3.86
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan"A classic" --Simon Kuper, Finan… read more
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"A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"احتمالية أن يكون شخص ما غبيا، مستقلة عن أي سمة أخرى يتصف بها هذا الشخص"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"The Second law of human stupidity: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
"If you lose we will be equals and stay friends forever, and if you win you'll take my precious blue flower as a prize and we stay friends forever. How lucky you are!"-Carlo M. Cipolla, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
15. 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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16. The Perils of Being Moderately Famous [Paperback] [Dec 01, 2017] Soha Ali Khan
By: Soha Ali Khan
3.43
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
What is it like to be known as Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's daughter? Or to have a mother as famous… read more
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17. Black River
By: Nilanjana Roy
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the village of Teetarpur, a few hours from the capital city of Delhi, Chand’s peaceful life is s… read more
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18. Small Deaths
By: Rijula Das
3.51
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
A staggering debut novel of murder, loyalty, love, and survival at all costs, set in the teeming un… read more
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19. Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors
By: Aravind Jayan
3.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
It is a day of triumph for Appa and Amma, who have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic to show off … read more
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20. Sixteen Stormy Days: The Story of the First Amendment of the Constitution of India
By: Tripurdaman Singh
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen Stormy Days narrates the riveting story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India… read more
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21. Not Just Cricket
By: Pradeep Magazine
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
'A wonderful memoir . . . richly insightful, and deeply moving' - Ramachandra Guha Eminent journali… read more
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22. The Crooked Timber Of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis
By: Parakala Prabhakar
4.36
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
‘It is close to nine years since the Narendra Modi-led BJP swept into power. A new era began in May… read more
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23. What Would the Great Economists Do?: How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems
By: Linda Yueh
3.69
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A timely exploration of the life and work of world-changing thinkers--from Adam Smith to John Mayna… read more
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24. Nehru: The Debates That Defined India
By: Tripurdaman Singh
3.87
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
From being elected as Congress president in 1929 till his death in 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru remained … read more
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25. I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story
By: R. Ashwin
4.24
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
Ashwin is arguably the greatest match-winner for in Test cricket. The fastest man to 300 Test wicke… read more
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26. Love Jihad and Other Fictions: Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods
By: Sreenivasan Jain
3.80
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
Love jihad, Muslim appeasement, forced conversions—these conspiracy theories are now driving everyd… read more
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27. Don't Forward That Text!: Separating Myths from History on Social Media
By: Amit Schandillia
3.50
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
Amit's book will be of immense help to sift actual fact from fiction. -s. irfan habib In this age… read more
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28. The Fiction of Fact-Finding: Modi and Godhra
By: Manoj Mitta
4.06
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage. And … read more
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29. Independence Day: A People's History
By: Veena Venugopal
4.17
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
"Seventy-five years ago, India attained its independence. What was it like to be an ordinary citize… read more
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30. 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny: Last War of Independence
By: Pramod Kapoor
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
In 1946, 20,000 non-commissioned sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutinied. They were inspired by t… read more
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31. Hindutva and Dalits
By: Anand Teltumbde
3.95
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
Despite the teachings of Babasaheb Ambedkar against Hinduism and its pernicious caste system, which… read more
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