Read before you vote. The great Indian Election season kicks off next week, and so we decided to bring in the big guns. Anuya and Sharin (who aren't very good with this genre) bring in an expert, Journalist and producer Joel Pereira, to weighs in on 5 essential books you must read to completely understand how where we are and how we got here about our country. Also GO VOTE!
Books discussed in episode:
India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
Paperback: amzn.to/2I02BbD
Kindle: amzn.to/2YUhjq6
The Annihilation of Caste by Dr BR Ambedkar
Paperback: amzn.to/2OS9dtl
Kindle: amzn.to/2uVZZTT
The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen
Paperback: amzn.to/2UwapYC
Kindle: amzn.to/2uNa7Or
A Feast of Vultures by Josy Joseph
Paperback: amzn.to/2IeYibQ
Kindle: amzn.to/2UB5Dcj
Republic of Caste: Thinking Equality in the Time of Neoliberal Hindutva by Anand Teltumbe
Paperback: amzn.to/2K9ST8C
MOAR books you can read/listen to:
Everybody loves a good drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts by P Sainath
Kindle: amzn.to/2Kx0BKi
Paperback: amzn.to/2P1w7OR
Politics Of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook by Saba Naqvi
Kindle: amzn.to/2UQpeWg
Hardcover: amzn.to/2Z0bur4
Dalit Women: Vanguard of an Alternative Politics in India edited by
S Anandhi & Karin Kapadia
Hardcover: amzn.to/2UIYgQ9
The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections by Prannoy Roy and Dorab R. Sopariwala
Kindle: amzn.to/2KnesTd
Hardcover: amzn.to/2P04GoG
Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy by Arundhati Roy
Kindle: amzn.to/2KlxglP
Paperback: amzn.to/2uYetlU
Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India by Akshaya Mukul (audiobook)
Listen on Storytel: bit.ly/2Z1hv6U
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Democracy On The Road: A 25-year Journey Through India by Ruchir Sharma
Kindle: amzn.to/2uTI4gv
Hardcover: amzn.to/2UMq324
How To Win An Election: What Political Parties Don’t Want You To Know by Shivam Shankar Singh
Kindle: amzn.to/2KnMQxi
Paperback: amzn.to/2Z2iXFW
History of Doing by Radha Kumar
Paperback: amzn.to/2WSndpM
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