Samarjeet Narayan's Top Book Recommendations

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So All Is Peace

But sit down, breathe deep, and ask a woman. Any woman. They are there.

When twin sisters Layla and Tanya are found starving in their upmarket apartment, there is frenzy in the media. How often does one find two striking, twenty-something women, one half-dead, the other not speaking, living in a state of disrepair and chaos, for no apparent reason? Theories about them are rampant, but disillusioned journalist Raman is loath to follow the story. That is, until Tanya begins to talk to him, and the darker truth behind the sisters' lives starts to unravel.

A richly...
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Recommended by Samarjeet Narayan, and 1 others.

Samarjeet NarayanA great Debut Book by Vandana Singh Lal.. What India’s middle class does not want to see Kavitha Rao In (cont) https://t.co/1XoSdONQHS (Source)

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The Unending Game

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Samarjeet NarayanThe Book... Interesting https://t.co/t79iUzJLNN (Source)

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Recommended by Carl Malamud, Samarjeet Narayan, and 2 others.

Carl MalamudGreat to see that @Jairam_Ramesh’s definitive biography of VK Krishna Menon has hit the streets! https://t.co/8LsSjZVAjo Highly recommend! Jairam immersed himself in this book, he’s a wonderful writer. (Source)

Samarjeet NarayanFor that you must read.. Biography of Krishna Menon written by Jairam Ramesh.. A well researched Book https://t.co/Ts0GERbB0q https://t.co/e5LdMk79kH (Source)

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The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.

In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army.

The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. Over the course...
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Andrew AdonisAnyone who thinks there’s much good to say about the British Empire should read @DalrympleWill’s brilliant book on the East India Company. A long tale of plunder, extortion, war & murder Maybe the ‘dominions’ are different, but not for indigenous peoples of Australia & N Zealand (Source)

Carl Malamud@jamie_love I have. Wonderful book. (Source)

Ken JusterGreat to welcome renowned author @DalrympleWill to #RooseveltHouse. Excellent discussion with this warm and thoughtful writer about his new book “The Anarchy,” which broadens our understanding of India’s complex history. #CulturalDiplomacy https://t.co/va2FL5Uefy (Source)

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