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In this award-winning, internationally acclaimed novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the 2,000 year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Chronicling the Indian struggle for freedom and independence... read more
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First Sentence edit
They tell me India is an underdeveloped country.
Table of Contents edit
Family Tree
The First Book: The Twice-Born Tale
The Second Book: The Duel with the Crown
The Third Book: The Rains Came
The Fourth Book: A Raj Quartet
The Fifth Book: The Powers of Silence
The Sixth Book: Forbidden Fruit
The Seventh Book: The Son Also Rises
The Eighth Book: Midnight's Parents
The Ninth Book: Him - or, the Power-Villain
The Tenth Book: Darkness at Noon
The Eleventh Book: Renunciation - or, the Bed of Arrows
The Twelfth Book: The Man Who Could Not be King
The Thirteenth Book: Passages Through India
The Fourteenth Book: The Rigged Veda
The Fifteenth Book: The Act of Free Choice
The Sixteenth Book: The Bungle Book - or, the Reign of Error
The Seventeenth Book: The Drop of Honey - a Parable
The Eighteenth Book: The Path to Salvation
Afterword
A Note on Dharma
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Series & Lists edit
This book is in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shashi Tharoor (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: 24 August, 1989
ISBN: 1559701161
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: 24 August, 1989
ISBN: 1559701161
Page Count: 432
Awards edit
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (1990: South Asia and Europe)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823
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