An Era of Darkness
Title | An Era of Darkness PDF eBook |
Author | Shashi Tharoor |
Publisher | Aleph Book Company |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Diplomatic relations |
ISBN | 9789383064656 |
A few years later, the young and weakened Mughal emperor, Shah Alam II, was browbeaten into issuing an edict that replaced his own revenue officials with the Company s representatives. Over the next several decades, the East India Company, backed by the British government, extended its control over most of India
Inglorious Empire
Title | Inglorious Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Shashi Tharoor |
Publisher | Penguin Group |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780141987149 |
Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" - from the railways to the rule of law -was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.
Out of Darkness
Title | Out of Darkness PDF eBook |
Author | Ashley Hope Pérez |
Publisher | Carolrhoda Lab ® |
Total Pages | 412 |
Release | 2015-09-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1467776785 |
A 2016 Michael L. Printz Honoree "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people.
The Paradoxical Prime Minister
Title | The Paradoxical Prime Minister PDF eBook |
Author | Shashi Tharoor |
Publisher | Rupa Publications |
Total Pages | 504 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9789388292177 |
India : From Midnight to the Millennium
Title | India : From Midnight to the Millennium PDF eBook |
Author | Shashi Tharoor |
Publisher | Penguin Books India |
Total Pages | 424 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 9780143103240 |
&Lsquo;Well-Balanced, Informative And Highly Readable&Rsquo;&Mdash;Amartya Sen India: From Midnight To The Millennium And Beyond Is An Eloquent Argument For The Importance Of India To The Future Of The Industrialized World. Shashi Tharoor Shows Compellingly That India Stands At The Intersection Of The Most Significant Questions Facing The World Today. If Democracy Leads To Inefficient Political Infighting, Should It Be Sacrificed In The Interest Of Economic Well-Being? Does Religious Fundamentalism Provide A Way For Countries In The Developing World To Assert Their Identity In The Face Of Western Hegemony, Or Is There A Case For Pluralism And Diversity Amid Cultural And Religious Traditions? Does The Entry Of Western Consumer Goods Threaten A Country&Rsquo;S Economic Self-Sufficiency, And Is Protectionism The Only Guarantee Of Independence? The Answers To Such Questions Will Determine What The Nature Of Our World Is In The Twenty-First Century. And Since Indians Account For Almost One-Sixth Of The World&Rsquo;S Population Today, Their Choices Will Resonate Throughout The Globe. Shashi Tharoor Deals With This Vast Theme In A Work Of Remarkable Depth And Startling Originality, Combining Elements Of Political Scholarship, Personal Reflection, Memoir, Fiction, And Polemic, All Illuminated In Vivid And Compelling Prose.
Nehru
Title | Nehru PDF eBook |
Author | Shashi Tharoor |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 285 |
Release | 2011-10-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1628721987 |
Shashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who—alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi—led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would one day help topple British rule and become India’s first prime minister started out as a surprisingly unremarkable student. Born into a wealthy, politically influential Indian family in the waning years of the Raj, Jawaharlal Nehru was raised on Western secularism and the humanist ideas of the Enlightenment. Once he met Gandhi in 1916, Nehru threw himself into the nonviolent struggle for India’s independence, a struggle that wasn’t won until 1947. India had found a perfect political complement to her more spiritual advocate, but neither Nehru nor Gandhi could prevent the horrific price for independence: partition. This fascinating biography casts an unflinching eye on Nehru’s heroic efforts for, and stewardship of, independent India and gives us a careful appraisal of his legacy to the world.
An Area of Darkness
Title | An Area of Darkness PDF eBook |
Author | V. S. Naipaul |
Publisher | Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | 330 |
Release | 2012-03-15 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0307370577 |
A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India.