The Hijack by Owen Bennett-Jones, India RakusenRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 256.2 MBOverview: In 1981, PK326 was on a routine domestic flight from Karachi, Pakistan when it was hijacked and diverted to Afghanistan. The 148 passengers were then held at gunpoint for 13 days in what turned into one of the longest hijackings in history. The hijackers […]
The Public Intellectual in India by Romila ThaparRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 183.2 MBOverview: The public intellectual in India is an endangered species. Should we care? In this well-argued book, Romila Thapar and others tell us why we should. Thapar begins by defining the critical role that such individuals play in our societies today. Collectively they are […]
Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra GuhaRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 639.5 MBOverview: Ramachandra Guha – hailed by Time as “Indian democracy’s preeminent chronicler” – takes us from Gandhi’s birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, his two years as a student in London, and his two decades as a lawyer and community organizer in South Africa. […]
India Moving: A History of Migration by Chinmay Tumbe / Narrated by Mathai AbrahamRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 504 mbOverview: From adventure to indenture, martyrs to merchants, Partition to plantation, from Kashmir to Kerala, Japan to Jamaica and beyond, the many facets of the great migrations of India and the world are mapped in India Moving, the […]
India’s Legal System : Can it be saved? by Fali S. NarimanRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 138MBOverview: An incisive and comprehensive view of India’s legal process and its key issues. India has the second-largest legal profession in the world, but the systemic delays and chronic impediments of its judicial system inspire little confidence in the common person. […]