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Gandhi's Assassin
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 354

Gandhi's Assassin

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-01-24
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  • Publisher: Verso Books

Dhirendra Jha's deeply researched history places Nathuram Godse's life as the juncture of the dangerous fault lines in contemporary India: the quest for independence and the rise of Hindu nationalism. On a wintry Delhi evening on 30 January 1948, Nathuram Godse shot Gandhi at point-blank range, forever silencing the man who had delivered independence to his nation. Godse's journey to this moment of international notoriety from small towns in western India is, by turns, both riveting and wrenching. Drawing from previously unpublished archival material, Jha challenges the standard account of Gandhi's assassination, and offers a stunning view on the making of independent India. Born to Brahmin ...

Ayodhya: The Dark Night - The Secret History of Rama's Appearance In Babri Masjid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Ayodhya: The Dark Night - The Secret History of Rama's Appearance In Babri Masjid

22 December 1949: A conspiracy that began with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi culminated in the execution of the Ayodhya strategy. Late that night, a little-known sadhu, Abhiram Das, and his followers entered the Babri Masjid and planted an idol of Rama inside it. While it is known that the Hindu Mahasabha had a role in placing the idol in the mosque, the larger plot and the chain of events that led to that act have never been subject to rigorous scrutiny. Krishna Jha and Dhirendra K. Jha bring together the disparate threads of the buried narrative for the first time. Ayodhya: The Dark Night uncovers, in vivid detail, what really transpired on the fateful night that was to leave a permanent scar on the Indian polity.

Ascetic Games
  • Language: en

Ascetic Games

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Context

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Ayodhya - The Dark Night
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Ayodhya - The Dark Night

As the trespassers walked towards the mosque, the muezzin [...] jumped out of the darkness. Before the adversaries could discover his presence, he dashed straight towards Abhiram Das, the vairagi who was holding the idol in his hands and leading the group of intruders. [...] The sadhu quickly freed himself and, together with his friends, retaliated fiercely. Heavy blows began raining from all directions. Soon, the muezzin realized that he was no match for the men and that he alone would not be able to stop them. 22 December 1949: A conspiracy that began with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi culminated in the execution of the Ayodhya strategy. Late that night, a little-known sadhu, Abhiram...

Shadow Armies
  • Language: en

Shadow Armies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Shadow Armies
  • Language: en

Shadow Armies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Gandhi's Assassin
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Gandhi's Assassin

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Ayodhya The Dark Night : The Secret History of Rama's Appearance In Babri Masjid
  • Language: en

Ayodhya The Dark Night : The Secret History of Rama's Appearance In Babri Masjid

As the trespassers walked towards the mosque, the muezzin [...] jumped out of the darkness. Before the adversaries could discover his presence, he dashed straight towards Abhiram Das, the vairagi who was holding the idol in his hands and leading the group of intruders. [...] The sadhu quickly freed himself and, together with his friends, retaliated fiercely. Heavy blows began raining from all directions. Soon, the muezzin realized that he was no match for the men and that he alone would not be able to stop them. 22 December 1949: A conspiracy that began with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi culminated in the execution of the Ayodhya strategy. Late that night, a little-known sadhu, Abhiram...

Ascetic Games
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 218

Ascetic Games

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Context

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The Myth of the Holy Cow
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 191

The Myth of the Holy Cow

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-05-05
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  • Publisher: Verso Books

Hugely controversial upon its publication in India, this book has already been banned by the Hyderabad Civil Court and the author's life has been threatened. Jha argues against the historical sanctity of the cow in India, in an illuminating response to the prevailing attitudes about beef that have been fiercely supported by the current Hindu right-wing government and the fundamentalist groups backing it.