4 Books to Understand Modern India
Is the world’s most populous country booming or broken? Mukul Kesavan writes.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/08/modern-india-books-list-mukul-kesavan/ (May require free registration)
A Seven Year, 9,000-Mile Journey Along India’s Contested Land Borders
Suchitra Vijayan’s "Midnight’s Borders" follows the lives of people in the borderlands facing displacement and state-sanctioned violence.
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Is India Still a Democracy? Political Prisoners Tell Their Stories
During the three-year-long trial against Professor GN Saibaba and the other men, which ran from 2014 to 2017, the prosecution produced no real evidence. Of 23 witnesses presented before the court by the prosecution, 22 were police officers. The only civilian witness retracted his confession after claiming it resulted from torture. While Saibaba’s health deteriorated in prison, Rahi, the social activist and journalist, alleged that he, Mishra, Narote, and Mahesh Tirki were tortured in custody by investigating officer Suhas Bawache.
https://time.com/6305728/voices-of-political-prisoners-from-authoritarian-india/
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Book Review: ‘Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India’ by Suchitra Vijayan
On borders and maps as concrete sites of state violence.
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https://www.himalmag.com/bordered-by-violence-midnights-borders-review-2021/
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