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Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar
Book: Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar Author: Santosh Singh Publisher: Bloomsbury ISBN: 9789385436307 Publication Year: 2015 Pages: 341 Price: ₨ 899 I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam. The high tide will erase my footprints, And the wind will blow away the foam. But the sea and the shore will remain forever. —Gibran, Sand and Foam (1926) Mr Santosh Singh begins his book with these six lines of Kahlil Gibran’s Sand and Foam
Sanish Kumar
Jan 87 min read


The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis
Book : The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis Author : Parakala Prabhakar Publisher : Speaking Tiger Books ISBN-13 : 978-9354474422 Year of Publication : 2023 Pages : 256 Price : INR 499 ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton , 1887 A party and a leader take the country by storm by attaining three consecutive terms of electoral victory. A feat which last happened over half a century ago.
Krrishna Rout
Dec 22, 20258 min read


But I Am One of You: Northeast India and the Struggle to Belong
Book : But I Am One of You: Northeast India and the Struggle to Belong Edited by : Samrat Choudhury and Preeti Gill Publisher : Harper...
Manjari Bhargava
Jul 8, 20258 min read


Of Shourie, Establishment, and Lear
As published in the Volume 2(2) of Ramjas Political Review Book: The Commissioner for Lost Causes Author: Dr Arun Shourie Publisher: Penguin Random House, India ISBN: 9780-6700-96404 Year of Publication: 2022 Pages: 586 Price: INR 999 See better, Lear; and let me still remain, The true blank of thine eye. (Shakespeare, 1970, p.13) With an old Ramnath Goenka gradually losing his authority ¹ , and Arun Shourie helplessly watching the drunken dance of a falling empire, Th

Prem Ansh Sinha
May 7, 202510 min read


Book Review: “Populism-A Very Short Introduction”
Book: Populism: A Very Short Introduction Authors: Cas Mudde and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser Year of Publication: 2017 Publisher: Oxford...
Harsh Kumar Jha
Sep 10, 20247 min read
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