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The Best Politics Books of 2024: The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha -
The Argumentative Indian
by Amartya Sen -
Raag Darbari
by Shrilal Shukla (translated by Gillian Wright) -
The Mahabharata
by Anonymous & translated and abridged by John D. Smith -
Women Writing in India
by Susie Tharu and K Lalita (editors) -
There's Gunpowder in the Air
by Manoranjan Byapari, translated by Arunava Sinha