Checkmate - Chronicles of New Bharat

Checkmate - Chronicles of New Bharat
Author: Alok Shah
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2024-03-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In a world of shadows and secrets, Cyrus Engineer, an unassuming Parsi, is thrust into the highest office of India. As he grapples with unexpected power dynamics, old allegiances, and emerging conspiracies, one question looms large: Who truly holds the power in this new Bharat? When the fate of a newly born nation transforms into a high-stakes game on a grand chessboard, every move is laced with suspense and mystery. Unexpected allies, hidden motives, and international machinations converge in this intricate thriller. In the sprawling labyrinth of New Bharat’s politics, can Prime Minister Cyrus discern friend from foe? Dive into the Chronicles of New Bharat and uncover the enigma. The board is set, the pieces are moving. Who will claim victory in this riveting game of strategy and subterfuge?

Modi & India

Modi & India
Author: Rahul Shivshankar
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9357089667

Focuses on how dharma provides the foundation for a new republic—Bibek Debroy Intensely researched argument about an alternative idea of India—Salman Khurshid The year 2014 was a consequential one for the Bharatiya Janata Party and for India. Will 2024 also be so? Is this election about stopping the rise of Narendra Modi and his alleged distortion of the ‘idea of India’ as conceived by its founders, or the beginning of a dharma-inspired ‘second republic?’ In 2014, the BJP, under the leadership of Modi, won a clear majority in the Lok Sabha elections. The National Democratic Alliance’s triumph ended a nearly two-and-a-half-decade run of mostly messy coalition governments. In 2019, the BJP further improved its tally, cementing its parliamentary majority and its ability to ring in transformational laws and policies. Most of the initiatives taken by the Modi-led NDA have been aimed at positioning Bharat as a ‘Vishwa Guru’—an exemplar of moral righteousness, a pluralistic democracy led by dharma and drawing sustenance from the wellspring of an eternal Hindu universalism. But this shift towards India’s Hindu ethos has prompted the Opposition and many allied commentators to fear the rise of a second republic—a ‘Hindu Rashtra’—moored to an implacable ultra-nationalist and majoritarian dogma. The INDIA bloc has declared the 2024 election as the last opportunity to stop the rise of Modi and his idea of India. Evocative, anecdotal, argumentative and deeply researched, Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat chronicles the emergence of, and the battle for, a new republic in the making.

Ji Mantriji

Ji Mantriji
Author: Monisha Shah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2001
Genre: Cabinet officers
ISBN:

Ji Mantriji: The diaries of Shri Suryaprakash Singh

Ji Mantriji: The diaries of Shri Suryaprakash Singh
Author: Monisha Shah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2001
Genre: Cabinet officers
ISBN:

This is the story of Suryaprakash Singh, newly-elected Minister of Administrative Affairs, and his comically heroic efforts to come to terms with the vagaries of his office, in which he is aided as well as impeded by Rajnath Mathur, Secretary of the Department, and S.K. Kaul, his Private Secretary. Based on the television series Ji Mantriji, this is a sharply perceptive glimpse into the farcically incompetent system of Indian politics, and the bureaucratic red tape that appears to hold it together. An uproariously funny, brilliantly satirical look at the downside of Indian politics. Based on the original Yes Minister by Jonathan Lynn and Anthony Jay.

The Ocean of Churn

The Ocean of Churn
Author: Sanjeev Sanyal
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016-08-10
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9386057611

Much of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. In a first-of-its-kind attempt, bestselling author Sanjeev Sanyal tells the history of this significant region, which stretches across East Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to South East Asia and Australia. He narrates a fascinating tale about the earliest human migrations out of Africa and the great cities of Angkor and Vijayanagar; medieval Arab empires and Chinese ‘treasure fleets’; the rivalries of European colonial powers and a new dawn. Sanjeev explores remote archaeological sites, ancient inscriptions, maritime trading networks and half-forgotten oral histories, to make exciting revelations. In his inimitable style, he draws upon existing and new evidence to challenge well-established claims about famous historical characters and the flow of history. Adventurers, merchants, explorers, monks, swashbuckling pirates, revolutionaries and warrior princesses populate this colourful and multifaceted narrative. The Ocean of Churn takes the reader on an amazing journey through medieval geopolitics and eyewitness accounts of long-lost cities to the latest genetic discoveries about human origins, bringing alive a region that has defined civilization from the very beginning.

Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509851356

Filled with Jeffrey Archer’s trademark twists and turns, Hidden in Plain Sight is the gripping second instalment in the life of William Warwick. Newly promoted, Detective Sergeant William Warwick has been reassigned to the drugs squad. His first case: to investigate a notorious south London drug lord known as the Viper. But as William and his team close the net around a criminal network unlike any they have ever encountered, he is also faced with an old enemy: Miles Faulkner. It will take all of William’s cunning to devise a means to bring both men to justice – a trap neither will expect. One that is hidden in plain sight . . . Though it can be read on its own, Hidden in Plain Sight is the second volume of Jeffrey Archer's William Warwick series, following Nothing Ventured. The story continues with Turn a Blind Eye.

The Boat of a Million Years

The Boat of a Million Years
Author: Poul Anderson
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504053664

A New York Times Notable Book and Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist: This epic chronicle of ten immortals over the course of history “succeeds admirably” (The New York Times). The immortals are ten individuals born in antiquity from various cultures. Immune to disease, able to heal themselves from injuries, they will never die of old age—although they can fall victim to catastrophic wounds. They have walked among mortals for millennia, traveling across the world, trying to understand their special gifts while searching for one another in the hope of finding some meaning in a life that may go on forever. Following their individual stories over the course of human history and beyond into a richly imagined future, “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” (USA Today) weaves a broad tapestry that is “ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, polished in style” (Library Journal).

The Forgotten Mughals

The Forgotten Mughals
Author: G. S. Cheema
Publisher: Manohar Publishers
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788173046018

After Aurangzeb Alamgir, History Has Been Singularly Unkind To The Later Mughals. Even The School History Books Do Not Talk Of Them. But The Period With Its Vicious Court Intrigues, Recalcitrant And Increasingly Independent Provincial Governors, And A Ruling Class Which Had Become Utterly Amoral, Corrupt And Unscrupulous Makes For A Gripping Story And Fascinating Parallels Can Be Drawn With The Political Scene Of Today.

Videogames and Postcolonialism

Videogames and Postcolonialism
Author: Souvik Mukherjee
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2017-07-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319548220

This book focuses on the almost entirely neglected treatment of empire and colonialism in videogames. From its inception in the nineties, Game Studies has kept away from these issues despite the early popularity of videogame franchises such as Civilization and Age of Empire. This book examines the complex ways in which some videogames construct conceptions of spatiality, political systems, ethics and society that are often deeply imbued with colonialism. Moving beyond questions pertaining to European and American gaming cultures, this book addresses issues that relate to a global audience – including, especially, the millions who play videogames in the formerly colonised countries, seeking to make a timely intervention by creating a larger awareness of global cultural issues in videogame research. Addressing a major gap in Game Studies research, this book will connect to discourses of post-colonial theory at large and thereby, provide another entry-point for this new medium of digital communication into larger Humanities discourses.