Suchitra Vijayan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Midnight’s Borders: A People's History of Modern India. Founder @project_polis @watchthestate| Radical Books Collective; Teach @nyugallatin & @columbia

Speaking Out of Place: Getting Our Political Voices Back
David Palumbo-Liu
Thanks David Palumbo-Liu for this signed copy of Speaking Out of Place by @haymarketbooks https://t.co/rA1N69tGQk
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Modi and Godhra: The Fiction of Fact Finding
Manoj Mitta
For those wondering about the SIT and clean chit, Manoj Mitta’s book “The Fiction of Fact Finding: Modi and Godhra” lays out m how seriously flawed and compromised the process of fact finding was. ( via @Apoorvanand__ )
Hardcover, 2015
$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Settler Colonialism
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Hey, New York today --September 15th, 6.30pm (EST) @michaelkbusch and I are hosting Settler Colonialism by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for the Radical Book Collectives (@WARSCAPES ) Reading Group at Mika Bar at 25 Thames Street, Brooklyn https://t.co/wBUkqSvMZC
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The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
“Mohamedou has been a friend and supporter of.. Radical Books Collective, participating in a public conversation around the publication of his second book, his novel,The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga. But he has been part of the family for nearly a decade.” @bhakti_shringa https://t.co/f0Ze0lLiI3
Paperback, 2021
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?: Voices of Indian Political Prisoners
Suchitra Vijayan
The book “How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?”, takes its title from the line quoted in a letter that @natasha_narwal sent from prison. https://t.co/6VmsgIugJl
Paperback, 2023
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald
Carole Angier
I finished reading Speak, Silence: In Search of WG Sebald by Carole Angier. What Sebald did to those families he drew inspiration from for his characters and how he invents footnotes and sources when writing about Friedrich Hölderlin.. is...just ..
Hardcover, 2021
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City
Darren Byler
I spoke to @dtbyler about his book Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City. https://t.co/hN4i4p1zXY
Paperback, 2022
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There Is No Good Time for Bad News
Aruni Kashyap
In this conversation, Akshya Saxena engages Aruni Kashyap on his new collection of poems titled There is No Good Time for Bad News to talk about Northeast India, representation, positionality and legacies of violence in the region. https://t.co/hlL5BhszBH
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900-1975
Radha Kumar
My suggestion: Prof @mailradhakumar has an important book caste, colonial policies and policing in TN :Police Matters The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900–1975 https://t.co/m4ag1Cf4Jq Much to learn. https://t.co/F5JvrZ3qLE
Paperback, 2021
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel, and Juridical Warfare
Craig Jones
I recommend reading and teaching @MansoorAdayfi’s book along with Craig Jones’s The War Lawyers. https://t.co/i7d7MpQ34h
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