On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 21:25, sankarshan
wrote:
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> In no particular order
>
> + The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra
> + Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
> + A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of
> J.B.S. Haldane
> + Panthers in P
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 at 21:34, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:00 PM Thaths wrote:
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> Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi
> > Germany) society, does the book offer insights about caste in India?
> >
>
> This book (incidentally, by a cousin of m
> Looking forward to reading.
> Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
>
> Currently reading 'Caste'. I'm having to go slow because every chapter is
> stuffed with insights.
>
Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi
Germany) society, does the book off
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:04 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:00 PM Thaths wrote:
> Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi
> > Germany) society, does the book offer insights about caste in India?
> This book (incidentally, by a cousin of mine) is
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:00 PM Thaths wrote:
Apart from caste being an interesting lens to bring to US (and Nazi
> Germany) society, does the book offer insights about caste in India?
>
This book (incidentally, by a cousin of mine) is about caste in modern
India: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/cat
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 5:02 AM Venkatesh H R wrote:
> Looking forward to reading.
> Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
>
> Currently reading 'Caste'. I'm having to go slow because every chapter is
> stuffed with insights.
>
Apart from caste being an interesting lens to br
Read a lot of books this year, thanks to the pandemic. The ones that I
really liked were:
1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, a story about.. a world where
98% of the population have been killed by a pandemic, and the survivors
wander around a post apocalyptic world.
2. Golden Boy and the
Books I have read over the past few months
1. Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee
2. How India became Democratic by Ornit Shani
Ohh!! How is Ornit Shani's book? It's on my list to read.
3. India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia by Srinath Raghavan
Looking forward to reading.
Cast
