The Origin Story of India's States

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  Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

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  Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography

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  1991: How P. V. Narasimha Rao Made History

  P. V. Narasimha Rao (or PV as he was popularly known) has been widely praised for enabling the economic reforms that transformed the country in 1991. From the vantage point of his long personal and pr…

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  South vs North: India’s Great Divide

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  The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

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  In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mugha…

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  Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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  The Forest of Enchantments

  The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel: this is Sita’s version.
  
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  Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

  Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South Asia since 'time immemorial'. But, as it turns out, 'time immemorial' may not have been all that long…

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  Whose Samosa is it Anyway?

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  Source Code: My Beginnings

  The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age.
  
  The business triumphs of Bill Gates are widely known: the twenty-year-old who …

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  Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse

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  A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun

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  India Moving: A History of Migration

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  Let's Talk Mutual Funds: A Systematic, Smart Way to Make Them Work for You

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  Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits

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  The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State

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