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Book Review Boon Name: Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth Author: Audrey Truschke Hardcover: 216 pages Publisher: Penguin Random House India (10 February 2017) Language: English ISBN-10: 0670089818 ISBN-13: 978-0670089819 Package Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm By Daanish Bin Nabi daanishnabi@gmail.com The two Muslim kings of subcontinent - Sultan Alauddin Khalji and Emperor Aurangzeb - have remained shred in controversy since last few decades. The controversy is about whether they were bigots or pious rulers. Dissecting this myth between bigotry and piousness, comes the lucid account “Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth” by scholar and assistant professor of South Asian history Audrey Truschke. The book unmasks many aspect of Aurangzeb Alamgir who ruled for 49 years over 150 million people. The author tells us since Aurangzeb was a prince, his life was nothing short of a tumult storm. When Shah Jahan took ill, a brutal war ensued between the four sons of Shah ...

Book Review: Book: I Am A Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Juggernaut; Latest edition (26 December 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 9386228092 ISBN-13: 978-9386228093 Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 2.3 x 13.3 cm By Daanish Bin Nabi daanishnabi@gmail.com When India contested her first general election in 1952, the grand-old party - Congress - and its educated leader Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru won the election hands down. Since 1952, a lot has changed in India including her political spectrum with the advent of social media. No one in mainland India would have thought that social media would play a role in re-shaping the fortunes of a party and its leader. In this social media frenzied world, comes a book by one of India's best known investigative and broadcast journalists Swati Chaturvedi.  The book titled - “I Am A Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army” - tracks Bharatiya Janata ...

Book Review Book: An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India Author: Shashi Tharoor Language: English Binding: Hardcover Publisher: ALEPH Genre: History and Politics ISBN: 9789383064656, 938306465X Edition: 1, 2016 Pages: 360 By  Daanish Bin Nabi daanishnabi@gmail.com Indians, described as “nigger” by Lord Curzon, has emerged as one of the intellectual breeds of the modern times. One among millions of these “niggers” is the astute Congressman – Shashi Tharoor. He is among India’s finest politicians, authors, and intellectuals. In 2015, Tharoor delivered a speech at Oxford Union titled does ‘Does Britain owe reparations to India?’ His speech went viral on social media networking site and within no time Tharoor was forced to transform his speech into the book by his friend and publisher David Davidar. The book is titled “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire In India”.  The book is a masterpiece on the British loot in India and has bee...