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Checkmate
On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers through the twists and turns of the dramatic political crisis that unfolded as Maharashtra waited for its chief minister. What really went on behind the scenes? With access to inside sources and private conversations, this book reveals the hitherto untold story of this political drama, with a comprehensive overview of the state's politics in the last few decades.
Infrastructural Lives
Infrastructural Lives is the first book to describe the everyday experience and politics of urban infrastructures. It focuses on a range of infrastructures in both the global South and North. The book examines how day-to-day experience and perception of infrastructure provides a new and powerful lens to view urban sustainability, politics, economics, cultures and ecologies. An interdisciplinary group of leading and emerging urban researchers examine critical questions about urban infrastructure in different global contexts. The chapters address water, sanitation, and waste politics in Mumbai, Kampala and Tyneside, analyse the use of infrastructure in the dispossession of Palestinian communit...
The Age of Aspiration
Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro's Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi's government, was acclaimed by The Guardian as simply “the best book on India.” Now Hiro returns to his native country to chronicle the impact of the dramatic economic liberalization that began in 1991, which ushered India into the era of globalization. Hiro describes how India has been reengineered not only in its economy but also in its politics and cultural mores. Places such as Gurgaon and Noida on the outskirts of Delhi have been transformed from nondescript towns into forests of expensive high-rise residential and commercial properties. Businessmen in Bollywood movies, once portrayed as villains, are ...
Billionaire Raj
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 A Financial Times Book of the Year and an Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year India’s explosive rise has driven inequality to new extremes, with millions trapped in slums as billionaires spend lavishly and dodge taxes. Controversial prime minister Narendra Modi promised ‘to break the grip’ of the Bollygarchs, but many tycoons continue to thrive amidst the scandals, exerting huge influence over business and politics. But who are these titans of politics and industry shaping India through this period of breakneck change? And what kind of superpower are they creating? A vivid portrait of a deeply divided nation, The Billionaire Raj makes clear that India’s destiny – prosperous democratic giant or corrupt authoritarian regime – is something that should concern us all.
Trading Power
IN OCTOBER 2019, THE ASSEMBLY elections held in Maharashtra saw a decisive mandate in favour of the pre-poll Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, against the Maha Aghadi alliance of the Nationalist Congress Party and the Indian National Congress. But what followed shook the very foundations of democracy. With the Shiv Sena unexpectedly staking claim to the chief minister’s post, and the BJP unwilling to give in to their demand, the battle for the coveted top spot began in earnest and President’s Rule was imposed in the state. Featuring swiftly shifting alliances, the abandonment of long-held party ideologies, dynastic bombast and overnight reversals, the hig...
Renaissance State
Maharashtra. Among the country's largest, wealthiest, most significant constituents. A great state in name and in deed that has been the cradle of individuals and events that have shaped India. Girish Kuber - seasoned journalist and one of Maharashtra's foremost opinion makers - tells its story in Renaissance State. Taking in his vast sweep the region's politics, society and history from the time of the Satavahanas down to the present day, he chronicles a number of lesser-known tales: the empire that brought the mighty Mughals to their knees, the woman who took the issue of consent in marital sex right up to Queen Victoria, the social reformers who were far ahead of their time, the evolution of movements of the right and left as well as for Dalit identity, and the long tradition of this great land of always standing up to Delhi. This is the account of the making of Maharashtra that its proud people deserved but had remained unwritten.
家住垃圾山
一則揭露消費神話黑暗面的故事 見證現代生活的欲望如何滋養垃圾山 以及在此成家的人們，如何於掙扎中催生出信念與愛 「我將垃圾山視為現代生活的揭露，我們對欲望無盡的追求只是讓垃圾山不斷擴大，卻看不見被我們丟棄的物品所創造出的世界。」 ──作者 索米雅．羅伊 維塔貝．坎伯勒在城市邊緣的垃圾山上工作，需要向基金會貸款。基金會提供小額低利貸款，協助市內最貧窮的居民發展事業。我擔心她要如何用她那奇特的生意來償還借款：「如果你只能賣雙手收集到的東西，那我們的貸款要如何幫助你發展？」 維...
India's Democracy
The dreamers of building up a democratic polity in our country drafted a constitution to come into effect after the attainment of long-cherished independence. India's Constitution was designed after the western model of liberal democracy. It is a representative democracy where the ability of the elected representatives to exercise decision-making power is regulated by the rule of law. Liberal democracy is committed to the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals. Indian Constitution incorporated fundamental rights, justice, liberty, equality, and tolerance between and among widely differing political views and maintaining social and political pluralism, which are essential ingredients of a liberal democracy. The shamelessness of most Indian politicians happens to be the shackles to the growth of Indian politics on the democratic track worth the name.
36 Days
A fly-on-the-wall account of the most thrilling 36 days in the history of Maharashtra politics. The battle of Kurukshetra described in the Mahabharata lasted for 18 days. In the aftermath of the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections, another battle was fought-though not on any battlefield. It went on for 36 days. Neither of these battles was a spontaneous attack. Rather, the seeds of both were sown over the years, and a broken promise tipped the scales in both cases. The similarities don't end there. As you encounter the dramatis personae of the 36-day political drama-or should we say pieces of the game of chess-you may find yourself drawing parallels between them and the cast and characters of the great Indian epic. Embedded with tales of ambition, deception, trust and betrayal, 36 Days reads like a quintessential thriller. Only, it is for real...
