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Book Cover for: Annihilation Of Caste, Ambedkar B. R

Annihilation Of Caste

Ambedkar B. R
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Re-reading Ambedkar’s ‘Annihilation of Caste.’ Am convinced that if every Indian read this in school,college, India would be dramatically different. India’s politicians know this.That’s why school curriculum focuses on Ambedkar and The Constitution,underplays his writing on caste

Paperback, 2018

$12.99Member price:$12.34 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski

The Painted Bird

Jerzy Kosinski
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Correct me if i am wrong, as far as I know nothing happened to critics who savaged Uwe Boll's cinematic approach to Auschwitz and Vaclav Marhoul’s grim and violent adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’s novel The Painted Bird. Can there be one way of telling a story? https://t.co/Ei2YPUcwMm

Paperback, 1995

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fetch Clay, Make Man: A Play, Will Power

Fetch Clay, Make Man: A Play

Will Power
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My hunch - from now on,one set of folks will b tasked to talk abt democracy,soft power, the ‘good stuff’ in selected public fora, including abroad. Domestically, another set of people will be following another script. It’s like a play. Which part you get depends on the director.

Paperback, 2015

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Life Is Elsewhere, Milan Kundera

Life Is Elsewhere

Milan Kundera
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Ha, ha. As Milan Kundera said ‘la vie est ailleurs.’ Life is elsewhere. There is a lot of myth-making about ‘abroad’ and it works because the vast majority hasn’t been ‘there’ or really lived there in the sense of being integrated. It boils down to which filter and lens you use. https://t.co/lFrINvFjSs

Paperback, 2000

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class, Guy Standing

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

Guy Standing
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Learnt a new term ‘precariat’ while reading @BShrayana’s fascinating book. Planning to read Guy Standing’s book on the precariat. Standing is the man who coined the term for the new underclass. Extremely relevant in India/much of the developing world and now also the rich world

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Book Cover for: Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale, Chris Ayres

Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale

Chris Ayres
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Anyone remembers reading Death by Leisure by Chris Ayres? Or Reporting for Cowards? Miss that sensibility at a time when people are describing their good life or their bouts of heroism with monotonous regularity and zero wit and irony.

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Book Cover for: The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie
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From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

Paperback, 2008

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Importance of Being Earnest, O. Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

O. Wilde
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Reading Oscar Wilde to get over writer's block and all the turbulence around. Wish he was alive and in a country which would let him be himself. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."( Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest)

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Book Cover for: Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde
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Reading Oscar Wilde to get over writer's block and all the turbulence around. Wish he was alive and in a country which would let him be himself. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."( Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest)

Paperback, 2001

$13.00Member price:$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank
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Without them being platformed. Sometimes you can make a mistake but so far I have been right I think. I am also re-reading classics like The Diary of a Young Girl after visiting Anne Frank’s house.

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