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Millenium

  Reflections on Books of the Century: Also at The Tribune: Books that Shaped Sensitivity of the Age  
Contemporary and Modern India





  The Sena Story by Vaibhav Purandare 1999. Also at The Tribune
Indian Modernity: Contradictions, Paradoxes, Possibilities by Avijit Pathak, 1998. Also at The Tribune
Words Like Freedom: The Memoirs of an Impoverished Indian Family 1947-1997 by Siddharth Dube, 1998. Also at The Tribune.
Everyone Loves A Good Drought by P.Sainath, 1997
India: Economic Development and Social Opportunities by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, 1996
Dalit Visions by Gail Omvedt,1995
Crossroads of Cultures by Pulin K. Garg and Indira J Parikh, 1995
 





  Portrait of a Martyr: A Biography of Shyama Prasad Mookerji by Balraj Madhok. Also at The Tribune.
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh by D.R. Goyal. Also at The Tribune
The Concerned Indian's Guide to Communalism by K.N. Panikkar 1999. Also at The Tribune
Hindutva Reawakened by G.S. Hingle 1999. Also at The Tribune
In the Belly of the Beast: The Hindu Supremachist RSS and BJP of India by Partha Bannerjee, 1998. Also at The Tribune
A Secular Agenda by Arun Shourie, 1993
Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags by Sumit Sarkat et al
Anatomy of a Confrontation: The Babri Masjid- Ramjanmabhoomi Issue Edited by S.Gopal
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  The Famous Ghalib By Ralph Russel, 2000. Also at The Tribune
Indian Nationalism: A Study in Evolution by Sitanshu Das 1999. Also at The Tribune
Dr. Gangadhar Adhikari Ed by Amar Farooqi, S.G.Sardesai Ed by A.B. Bardhan et al, Both 1998. Also at The Tribune.
The Ardent Pilgrim: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Mohammad Iqbal by Iqbal Singh, 1997
Iqbal: The Poet and the Politician by Rafiq Zakaria, 1993
The Struggle tor Hegemony in India (1920- 1935) by Shashi Joshi
 
Globalization



  Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market by Pierre Bourdieu
The Coming Anarchy by Robert D. Kaplan. Also at The Tribune.
On the Edge of the New Century by Eric Hobsbawm. Also at The Tribune.
The Rise of the Network Society By Manuel Castells. : Also at The Tribune.
Neo- liberalism and the Global Order By Noam Chomsky. : Also at The Tribune
 
History of Socialism






  Lenin: A Biography by Robert Service, 2001. Also at The Tribune.
Karl Marx: A Life by Francis Wheen, 2000. Also at The Tribune.
Stalin by Vladmir Radzinsky, 1996. Also at The Tribune
Autopsy for an Empire: Seven Leaders Who Built the Soviet Empire by Dmitri Volkogonov, 1998
A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes, 1996
Uncommon People by Eric Hobsbawm, 1998. Also at The Tribune
On History by Eric Hobsbawm, 1997
The Unconcious Civilization by John Ralston Saul, 1995
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara, 1996
Studies in A Dying Culture by Christopher Caudwell
 
Fiction

  The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
Notes on One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Shipwrecked on Dry Land By Gabriel Garcia Marquez (from New York Times 30 March 2000)
 
Management/ Technology

  Business@ The Speed of Thought by Bill Gates, 2000
The Cyber Corporation by James Martin, 1996
Advanced Telecommunication in India by P.Bannerji,S.Bhattacharya, 1996
 

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