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1984
- India's Guilty Secret
- By: Pav Singh
- Narrated by: Sumit Kaul
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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This shocking exposé of a true-life Orwellian plot of nightmarish proportions reveals the chilling events of November 1984 following Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the cover-up by the Indian government. For more than three days, armed mobs systematically butchered, torched and raped members of the Sikh community in Delhi and other places, unchecked. The sheer scale of the killings exceeded the combined civilian death tolls of other conflicts such as Tiananmen Square and 9/11.
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biased and incomplete
- By Q.. on 21-05-24
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1984
- India's Guilty Secret
- Narrated by: Sumit Kaul
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 16-03-23
- Language: English
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Viceroys
- By: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established. British history from the Hundred Years War onwards gives an impression of how the British were seen. It is a misconception or, more kindly, a British view. Until the 19th century the British did not have an identity readily recognised throughout the world. Even the Elizabethans were never established other than as great individuals. From 1815, an image of Britain as the first superpower was built that would make do until even the 21st century.
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A very brief overview
- By Martyn on 22-01-19
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Viceroys
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 30-08-18
- Language: English
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Indian Mythology: An Enthralling Overview of Myths, Gods, and Goddesses from India
- Asia
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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Indian mythology stretches beyond the tales of creation. This audiobook will acquaint you with the gods and goddesses who shaped the world, as well as epic tales of hardship, struggle, and strife. Mythology attempts to explain the origins of the universe and delves deep into understanding the creation of time, matter, and life itself. Were humans born out of the light that spilled from Lord Brahma? Was the universe created out of a golden egg? Can all of the human race trace its lineage back to one man?
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Indian Mythology: An Enthralling Overview of Myths, Gods, and Goddesses from India
- Asia
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Series: Asia, Book 4
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-12-23
- Language: English
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Mark Tully's India
- By: Mark Tully
- Narrated by: Mark Tully
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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This compilation of Mark Tully's acclaimed reports from India includes his specially recorded observations. Sir Mark Tully was the BBC's Foreign Correspondent in India from 1972 to 1994. He has become familiar to listeners around the world for his incisive and thought-provoking reports. On this special recording, he looks back at his career, which coincided with a remarkable period in Indian history.
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Politics in India
- By Rogayah on 14-08-08
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Mark Tully's India
- Narrated by: Mark Tully
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-08-07
- Language: English
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A History of Future Cities
- By: Daniel Brook
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 13 hrs
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A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai. Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world “instant cities” like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints spring to life overnight on virgin land, represent the dawning of a brave new world? Or is their vaunted newness a mirage?
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A History of Future Cities
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 29-05-13
- Language: English
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India: What Can It Teach Us?
- By: Friedrich Max Müller
- Narrated by: Siddhanta Pinto
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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A collection of the lectures of Max Muller, India: What it Can Teach Us portrays India, especially Vedic India, as an epitome of virtue and morality, whose glory is equal to classical Greek and Roman thought. Muller, in these essays, urges the West to abandon their superior colonial mind-set to adopt the multi-dimensional efficacy that is inherent to Indian culture.
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India: What Can It Teach Us?
- Narrated by: Siddhanta Pinto
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 21-05-24
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Empire
- Britain's Legacies in the Modern World
- By: Kwasi Kwarteng
- Narrated by: Kwasi Kwarteng, Elliot Levey
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Ghosts of Empire
- Britain's Legacies in the Modern World
- Narrated by: Kwasi Kwarteng, Elliot Levey
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 22-02-12
- Language: English
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Black Friday
- The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts
- By: S. Hussain Zaidi
- Narrated by: Tavish Bhattacharyya
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Black Friday is a ghastly account of the one of the biggest terrorist attacks on Bombay, in 1993. The book chronicles the devastation caused to life and property due to the attacks and the trauma, both physical and mental, undergone by the people at large post the terrorist attacks and the consequent rift between the communities of Hindu and Muslims and hatred and clashes which often turned extremely violent.
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Black Friday
- The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts
- Narrated by: Tavish Bhattacharyya
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 19-08-20
- Language: English
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought
- Stories from India’s Poorest Districts
- By: P. Sainath
- Narrated by: Gaurav Marwa
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the established classic on rural poverty in India. Twenty years after publication, it remains unsurpassed in the scope and depth of reportage, providing an intimate view of the daily struggles of the poor and the efforts, often ludicrous, made to uplift them. An illuminating introduction accompanying this 20-anniversary edition reveals, alarmingly, how a large section of India continues to suffer in the name of development so that a small percentage may prosper.
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- By H. M. S. Kazi on 14-12-22
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Everybody Loves a Good Drought
- Stories from India’s Poorest Districts
- Narrated by: Gaurav Marwa
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 19-11-19
- Language: English
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The Pity of Partition
- Manto's Life, Times, and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide
- By: Ayesha Jalal
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was an established Urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in Bombay at the time of India's partition in 1947, and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to Lahore in newly formed Pakistan. Ayesha Jalal draws on Manto's stories, sketches, and essays, as well as a trove of his private letters, to present an intimate history of partition and its devastating toll.
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The Pity of Partition
- Manto's Life, Times, and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 10-05-13
- Language: English
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Why I Am an Atheist and Other Works
- By: Bhagat Singh
- Narrated by: Siddhanta Pinto
- Length: 3 hrs
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Bhagat Singh is a name that became synonymous with revolution in India’s struggle for Independence. This young boy brought about a change in the way people thought about freedom. He was well read and fought extensively for rights – his own, his comrades’ and his countrymen’s. This book is a collection of 18 of his valued writings from within the walls of prison and outside it, which show us the resolve in his words, and the bravery in his acts subsequently.
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Why I Am an Atheist and Other Works
- Narrated by: Siddhanta Pinto
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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History of India
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of The Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. Every facet of this ancient land seems scented with the famous spices that lured European traders to its shores more than five centuries ago. Here, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists live shoulder to shoulder in a crowded world of multiple gods and juxtaposed pilgrimage routes, each one perfectly peaceful in their own beliefs and traditions.
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Not that captivating
- By Silvia Sampere on 31-01-20
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History of India
- A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of The Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More
- Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 18-04-19
- Language: English
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Revolutionaries
- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
- By: Sanjeev Sanyal
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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The history of India's struggle for freedom is usually told from the perspective of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to colonial occupation is just as important. Names such as Vinayak Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose, Bagha Jatin, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose are still widely remembered. Their story is almost always presented as acts of individual heroism and not as part of a wider movement that had any overarching strategy or significant impact on the overall struggle for Independence.
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Brilliantly written and narrated
- By Anonymous User on 29-06-24
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Revolutionaries
- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 27-02-23
- Language: English
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The Punjab
- The History of the Punjabis and the Contested Region on the Border Between India and Pakistan
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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The Punjab is defined by the floodplains of the five rivers that give the area its name, and as a result, it is one of the most fertile regions of South Asia. However, since the 1947 partition of India, the “Land of Five Rivers” is something of a misnomer, as the partition not only divided India but also the Punjab. The eastern part of Punjab remained a province of India while the western section was ceded to the newly created Pakistan.
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- By Anonymous User on 27-04-20
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The Punjab
- The History of the Punjabis and the Contested Region on the Border Between India and Pakistan
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 15-01-19
- Language: English
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The Vortex
- A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War and Liberation
- By: Scott Carney, Jason Miklian
- Narrated by: Scott Carney
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
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In November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill 500,000 people and begin a chain reaction of turmoil, genocide, and war. The Vortex is the dramatic story of how that storm sparked a country to revolution.
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Brilliant, fascinating and a must hear/read story
- By Miss JG Walter on 06-07-22
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The Vortex
- A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War and Liberation
- Narrated by: Scott Carney
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 29-03-22
- Language: English
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Our Moon Has Blood Clots
- A Memoir of a Lost Home in Kashmir
- By: Rahul Pandita
- Narrated by: Shirshendu Banerjee
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old when he was forced to leave his home in Srinagar along with his family. They were Kashmiri Pandits—the Hindu minority within a Muslim-majority Kashmir that was by 1990 becoming increasingly agitated with the cries of 'Azaadi' from India. Our Moon Has Blood Clots is the story of Kashmir, in which hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits were tortured, killed and forced to leave their homes by Islamist militants and to spend the rest of their lives in exile in their own country.
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Our Moon Has Blood Clots
- A Memoir of a Lost Home in Kashmir
- Narrated by: Shirshendu Banerjee
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 14-12-22
- Language: English
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The Upstairs Wife
- An Intimate History of Pakistan
- By: Rafia Zakaria
- Narrated by: Rafia Zakaria
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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For a brief moment on December 27, 2007, life came to a standstill in Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, the country's former prime minister and the first woman ever to lead a Muslim country, had been assassinated at a political rally just outside Islamabad. Back in Karachi--Bhutto's birthplace and Pakistan's other great metropolis--Rafia Zakaria's family was suffering through a crisis of its own: her uncle Sohail, the man who had brought shame upon the family, was near death.
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- By usman on 28-03-21
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The Upstairs Wife
- An Intimate History of Pakistan
- Narrated by: Rafia Zakaria
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-02-15
- Language: English
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The Hunt for Mount Everest
- By: Craig Storti
- Narrated by: John Pirkis
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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The height of Mount Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any Westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mount Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters - George Everest, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward Whymper - and a few quiet heroes: Alexander Kellas, the 13th Dalai Lama, Charles Bell.
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A wonderful ripping yarn.
- By Anonymous User on 04-11-22
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The Hunt for Mount Everest
- Narrated by: John Pirkis
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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The Gurkhas: The History and Legacy of the Nepalese Soldiers Used by the British Empire in India
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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The Gurkha Regiment is without question one of the most storied regiments of the British Army. Somewhat like the French Foreign Legion, however, it has traditionally been a regiment of adventurers and soldiers of fortune, with the simple difference that the Gurkhas represent only a minor ethnicity of the wider Nepalese population, distinguished by a long and august martial tradition. Traditionally, the officer corps of the various Gurkha regiments have been drawn from the regular ranks of the British Army, with fluency in Nepali a basic requirement.
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The Gurkhas: The History and Legacy of the Nepalese Soldiers Used by the British Empire in India
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-08-18
- Language: English
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The Taj Mahal
- The History of India's Most Famous Monument
- By: Charles River Editors, Jesse Harasta
- Narrated by: Karey James Kimmel
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Constructed over a span of about 20 years in the mid-17th century as a mausoleum for the wife of Emperor Shah Jahan, the Taj Mahal is aptly described by UNESCO, which designated it a World Heritage site, as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".
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The Taj Mahal
- The History of India's Most Famous Monument
- Narrated by: Karey James Kimmel
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 06-04-15
- Language: English
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