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India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2006
Best read in ages
I so enjoyed this book that I am excited to read the other books by Mr. Tharoor. I spent some time in India last fall and reading this book helped answer the many questions I had upon my return. It is very well written and hold interest throughout.
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Bookless in Baghdad: Reflections on Writing and Writers
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2005
A multicultural celebration of reading and writing
This book is a little like "Reading Lolita in Tehran" in that it offers a multitude of further reading ideas and insights into another culture, in this case mostly the culture of India, as influenced by its long history and British colonial period in particular. ...
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The Great Indian Novel
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 1993
very good and interesting prespective
This book is a very easy to read and tries to tell the story of the MahaBharat in a modern day perspective. The book is very good if you know the MahaBharat and the 20 th century Indian history and can easily distinguish between the story of Mhabharat and the modern ...
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The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2008
A great book for non Indians too
I wanted to know a bit more about Indian culture and Indian history and I love this book. It's so well written. You must have some basic knolwedge of Indian history to understand it though. If you don't know who Nehru was and what the "partition" was you need to read ...
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India: From Midnight to the Millennium
Shashi Tharoor
Harper Perennial, 1998
Fantastic Springboard to learn about India
While I was born in India, I have lived most of my life in the United States and as such, I have little in-depth knowledge of India's rich history, religious strife, political demarcations and business climate. I am grateful that an erudite and insightful writer as ...
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Nehru: The Invention of India
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2004
Wonderful Reading Experience
Shashi Tharoor's latest book is a most enjoyable interpretive history of Nehru's amazing life. I felt as if Tharoor was travelling with me as I read in trains and planes, talking directly to me. He brought me to tears when Nehru died -- very hard to do using ...
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Nehru: A Biography
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2003
A true international leader - way ahead of his time
Nehru was a great blend of idealism and 'courage to act' on that idealism. This book provides various examples of Nehru's courage including:
1) When Nehru physically fights a Hindu attacking a Muslim during the riots (shortly after India's independence). When the ...
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The Five Dollar Smile: And Other Stories
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 1993
A must-read!
A very compelling read, this book by Shashi Tharoor is a collection of short stories written by the author in his teens and early 20s.This book is a beautiful collection of writings by Tharoor before the well-known "The Great Indian Novel" and is in a different genre ...
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Show Business: A Novel
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 1992
a witty look the glamorous world of Indian cinema
Tharoor once again dazzles his reades with a look into the seedy life of Indian moviemaking. He deftly captures the sex, intrigue and all out ridiculousness of the world's largest movie industry. As someonw who has visited India many times, I enjoyed the author's ...
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Riot: A Love Story
Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2001
"I am Indian. Listen to me."
Shashi Tharoor's RIOT: A LOVE STORY focuses on the mysterious killing of a young American woman during violent Hindu-Muslim riots in the village of Zalilgrah, India. Priscilla Hart, an idealistic 24-year-old volunteer for a population control non-governmental agency, ...
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Humanitarian Intervention: Getting Past the Reefs.: An article from: World Policy Journal
Shashi Tharoor, Sam Daws
World Policy Institute, 2001
This digital document is an article from World Policy Journal, published by World Policy Institute on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 6051 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can ...
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Globalization and the human imagination.(Reflections): An article from: World Policy Journal
Shashi Tharoor
World Policy Institute, 2004
This digital document is an article from World Policy Journal, published by World Policy Institute on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 4154 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can ...
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The messy afterlife of colonialism. (Global Insights).: An article from: Global Governance
Shashi Tharoor
Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002
This digital document is an article from Global Governance, published by Lynne Rienner Publishers on January 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2082 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You ...
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Aufruhr. Eine Liebesgeschichte.
Shashi Tharoor
Insel, Frankfurt, 2002
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L'Emeute
Shashi Tharoor, Claude Demanuelli
Seuil, 2002
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