Books by Suketu Mehta
“Reading Maximum City is a good reminder that history repeats itself, but it repeats itself in different ways. A lot of those machinations and political business combines and political criminal combines that you saw in other urban agglomerations from, say, 150 years ago, are being played out on steroids (if you will) in a place like Mumbai today.” Read more...
The best books on Modern Indian History
Dinyar Patel, Historian
Interviews where books by Suketu Mehta were recommended
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A Concise History of Modern India
by Barbara Metcalf & Thomas Metcalf -
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha -
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A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of B. R. Ambedkar
by Ashok Gopal -
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum
by Katherine Boo -
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
by Suketu Mehta
The best books on Modern Indian History, recommended by Dinyar Patel
The best books on Modern Indian History, recommended by Dinyar Patel
Whether we're thinking about democracy versus authoritarianism, corruption versus good governance, or rich versus poor, there is a lot we can learn from India's recent history, says Dinyar Patel, a historian at SPJIMR in Mumbai. He talks us through some good books on the modern history of a country that has long been the world's largest democracy and is now its most populous country.
