4 state analysis, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, book,

4 South Asians smouldering and fraying

Book Name: Internal Conflicts: A Four State Analysis ( India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar ) Editor: V.R. Raghavan The four South Asian states, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar have a collective population of 1690 million.  India shares its borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar while the Sri Lankan peninsula is separated by the Palk […]

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the materiality of politics, book, colonialism, India,

Puppeteering the colonial politics in colonies

Book Name: The Materiality of Politics: Volume 1: The Technologies of Rule Author: Ranbir Samaddar Two volumes of The Materiality of Politics analyses how politics make their course in a colonial and developing country like India that is so diversified and intra-contrasting internally.  The ideal notion of politics, the collective process of deciding one problem

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Media as Politics in South Asia, book, channels, TVs, media,

Media as arbiter between masses and state

Book Name: Media as Politics in South Asia Editors: Sahana Udupa, Stephen McDowell Can we imagine a society that is immune or at least less influenced by the impact of media both traditional and non-traditional?  Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad were the media of their times hymning to the war heroes. The same techniques and tactics

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America at war since 1945, book, war, foreign policy, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan,

America in war and politics after WW2

Book Name: America at War Since 1945: Politics and Diplomacy in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Author: Gary A. Donaldson The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. This is the

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Contrasts and contradictions in 3 Societies

Contrasts and contradictions in 3 Societies

Book Name; Identity, Conflict, and Politics in Turkey, Iran and Pakistan Editors: Olivier Grojean, and Gilles Dorronsora Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are the three major countries of the Muslim world.  With a 394 million population in total, the three Muslim countries have always been a roller coaster of world political wrangling. Three have always remained

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South China sea, politics, regime, management, peace, conlicts, book,

Simmering politics of South China Sea

Book Name: Security and International Politics in the South China Sea: Towards a Co-operative management regime Editors: Ralf Emmers, Sam Batman The marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, is an important maritime trade route through which at least USD 3 billion in trade is shipped each year.  Bordered on the northern

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Tagore, book, Michael Collins, Nationalism and Post-Colonial World,

Tagore: poet, philosopher, nationalist

Book Name: Empire, Nationalism and Post Colonial World: Rabandranath Tagore Writings on History, Politics and Society Author: Michael Collins The philosopher, musician, and poet Rabindranath Tagore, more commonly known by his surname Tagore in masses, is a well-known Bengali poet who was also the first non-European Nobel laureate of literature in 1913 for his poetry

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South Asia in World History , book, Marc Jason Gilbert,

The trans-historical South Asia!

Book Name: South Asia in World History Author: Marc Jason Gilbert The geographical landmass of South Asia from ancient times has been a cradle of religions and civilizations. This landmass with its diverse natural, cultural, and historical singularity holds a unique place in world history and politics. From the cuisine, science, and dressing to the architectural

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Problems, analysis, Indian, politics, developments, economics,

Dialectics of developments in Indian politics

Book Name: The anti-politics machine in India: State, decentralization and participatory watershed development Author: Vasudha Chhotray Professor James Ferguson’s critical and analytical book about the economic development and planning of the Southern African country Lesotho served as a turning point in the interpretation and analysis of the economic uplift and the resultant political participation of

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Oil and World Politics: The real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more , book, John Foster,

Human pawns on oil chess

Book Name: Oil and World Politics: The real story of today’s conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more Author Name: John Foster Oil also called, black gold, is both a driving force as well as a bone of contention between the world states.  It is through this search for oil and gas that almost

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