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Pages: 240
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-24 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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“I have not lately read a finer book than this—on any subject at all. . . . A masterpiece.” —Simon Winchester, New Statesman The photographs of three yo
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Pages: 288
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-15 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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Two and a half million Indians volunteered in the Second World War. Their stories had been lost and silenced, until now. Award-winning historian Yasmin Khan mar
Everybody’s Friend
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Authors: Raghu Karnad
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-04 - Publisher: Random House

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Raghu Karnad’s “Everybody’s Friend” is a poignant pilgrimage to the military grave of a great-uncle, fallen defending the obsolescent Raj against the on
The Deoliwallahs
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Humanly compelling, beautifully told ... brings to light a forgotten chapter of Indian history, one we need to remember in these troubled times' PRATAP BHANU ME
The Indian Contingent
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'An incredible and important story, finally being told' - Mishal Husain On 28 May 1940, Major Akbar Khan marched at the head of 299 soldiers along a beach in no