Edited by VIKAS RAWAL JAYATI GHOSH C.P. CHANDRASHEKHAR Published in association with Society for Social and Economic Research (SSER) and International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)
'Brilliant and fearless... This is history on a grand scale' - William Dalrymple, Guardian 'Immensely entertaining. Many books have been written which claim to be "A New History of the World". This one fully deserves the title... So ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating' - The Times
"This book on the Congress Radio of 1942 is a thrilling and moving account of how a daring underground operation was conceived and carried out, and of how it was busted by the colonial police. It is meticulously researched, drawing on a wide range of primary sources. [...] The book deserves a wide readership, within and beyond the academy' -…
Translated by Gitta Honegger ‘Jelinek’s work is brave, adventurous, witty, antagonistic and devastatingly right about the sorriness of human existence, and her contempt is expressed with surprising chirpiness: it’s a wild ride.’ — Guardian ‘Translated with verve by Gitta Honegger, [rein GOLD] becomes a series of monologues without paragraph breaks: a frequent discordant assault on the senses. A visceral challenge…
It's not often that you miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that while immersed in Sarah Bakewell's At the Existentialist Café. The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn't win awards, I will eat my proof copy -- Katy Guest ― The…
Winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals Literary Food Writing Award 'There is as much good stuff to read as to cook in Jennifer Brennan's beautifully produced culinary memoir.' - The Observer ‘One the great cookbooks of all time’ — Laurie Colwin, author of Home Cooking & More Home Cooking
The essays in this volume give the reader a proper understanding of what Indian citizenship means, the threats to it, and what each citizen of this country needs to do, in the words of N. Ram, ‘to reflect on and reset perspectives on what secular, democratic, rights-bearing citizenship means in the contemporary world and what needs to be done to…
