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The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism

by Achin Vanaik
The definitive analysis of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India and the challenges for the radical Left
4 posts
The Art of Cloning

by Laikwan Pang

Cultural production under Mao, and how artists and thinkers found autonomy in a culture of conformity

2 posts
The Verso Book of Dissent

Edited by Andrew Hsiao and Audrea Lim
Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance
38 posts
The Soviet Century

by Moshe Lewin

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a classic history of the Soviet era, from 1917 to its fall

10 posts

The WikiLeaks Files

by WikiLeaks

What Cablegate tells us about the reach and ambitions of US Empire

16 posts
Annihilation of Caste

by B.R. Ambedkar

The classic analysis of the caste system with an extensive introduction by Arundhati Roy

10 posts
China’s Twentieth Century

by Wang Hui

An examination of the shifts in politics and revolution in China over the last century

10 posts
Tibet on Fire

by Tsering Woeser
Why Tibetan monks are setting themselves on fire
5 posts

The Seasons of Trouble

by Rohini Mohan
“Gripping and profoundly moving ... an astonishing feat of reportage.” – NPR Guide to 2014’s Great Reads
8 posts
Man Tiger

by Eka Kurniawan
Winner of the Financial Times Emerging Voices Fiction Award 2016, and longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016
8 posts
Somanatha

by Romila Thapar
An explosive account, dispelling the myths and inventions of Hindu nationalism.
1 post
The Bullet and the Ballot Box

by Aditya Adhikari

Twenty-first-century revolution in one of the remotest places in the world

2 posts

The Setting Sun

by Bart Moore-Gilbert

A moving literary memoir about a son's quest for the truth behind his father's colonial past

8 posts
The Indian Ideology

by Perry Anderson

"Well sourced and artfully crafted, offering a comprehensive history of India’s ideology” – Jacobin

3 posts
Gandhi

by Kathryn Tidrick
A major reinterpretation of Gandhi’s life, politics, religion and nation
1 post
The Future as Cultural Fact

by Arjun Appadurai

Acclaimed author presents a decade's research toward creating an anthropology of the future.

4 posts

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