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The Great Indian Novel (English, Paperback, Tharoor Shashi)

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Tharoor Shashi

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Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780140120493, 0140120491
Pages: 430

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Shashi Tharoor reinvents India with a dazzling marriage of Hindu myth and modern history.

Shashi Tharoor is the prize-winning author of ten books, both fiction and non-fiction, and a widely published critic, commentator and columnist (including for The Hindu, Times of India and Newsweek).

In 2007 he concluded a nearly twenty-nine-year career with the United Nations, including working for refugees in South-East Asia at the peak of the 'boat people' crisis, handling peace-keeping operations in the former Yugoslavia, and culminating as the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

In 2006 he was India's candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General, and emerged a strong second out of seven contenders. Dr Tharoor earned his PhD at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at the age of twenty-two, and was named by the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1998 as a 'Global Leader of Tomorrow'. He was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India's highest honour for overseas Indians.

For more on Shashi Tharoor, please visit www.shashitharoor.com

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SHASHI THAROOR is the bestselling author of twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a noted critic and columnist. His books include the pathbreaking satire The Great Indian Novel (1989), the classic India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), the bestselling An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India, for which he won the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2016, for Books (Non-Fiction), and The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi and His India. He has been Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India. He is a three-time member of the Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram and chairs the Parliament Information Technology committee. He has won numerous literary awards, including a national Sahitya Akademi award, a Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award. He was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India's highest honour for overseas Indians, in 2004, and honoured as New Age Politician of the Year (2010) by NDTV.

Dimensions

Width	25 mm
Height	197 mm
Length	128 mm
Weight	312 gr

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A book that redefines the adjective- Awesome

I bless the day I had picked up this book and casually leafed through its pages. The very first paragraph gets you hooked- "India is not a developing country but a country in the advanced stages of decay." I dont think any other line in the written history of English could define India in a better fashion.
The book has clubbed the plots of Indian Independence struggle and Mahabharata with such finesse that you would be transported into a magical realm where you would be viewing the Indian In...

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May, 2012

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Tharoor’s Mahabharat in modern context!

The Great Indian Novel is a treat to all the fans of historical fiction. It is not like a regular historical fiction. True, the author fabricates his plot on the foundation of a historical event (the Mahabharat) but, to him history is a cyclical and not a linear concept. Unlike the regular historical fiction which deals with unearthing a secret or a perspective alteration of an already-told tale, this novel deals with the continuation of history in the present. The text is replete with humou...

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Dec, 2016

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Fabulous!

Just got the book, feels good in hand. Interesting just started

vishal Rathod

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Feb, 2019

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Awesome

what a mind blowing work yaar , simply hats off to mr. Shashi Tharoor , its really fabulous i can not describe in words

gopi mewada

Sep, 2016

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Excellent

The book narrates the moden indian society and polity in form of Indian mythology. Ganesh, Bhim, Arjun etc etc are the characters of this novel.
The writer however is Tharoor, but the english used is simple. So don't be afraid of the Tharoorosaurus.
I got the deal in 284. So look for the moment when price drops, which is near festival time or during sales. It might happen untimely too but the fluctuation repeats. So keep seeking.
The book is enjoyable. It's not at all boring. If you find so,...

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Sep, 2020

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A different experience

All the controversies surrounding the author apart,one has to appreciate the book for its intelligence and the creativity.Blending India's arguably the greatest mythology with India's greatest achievement of the past century is a difficult task in itself but to do it by using many of the freedom fighters and matching them up with one historical character from Mahabharatha is to put it in a simple way 'ingenious'.Shashi Tharoor proves that he is an intellectual of the highest order with this b...

Chandra Shekhar Nayaka

Jan, 2012

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different and difficult

The first thing about this book is the fact the less you know about the history of India from 1920 onwards, the less sense it will make to you. So if you don't know much about post independent India or the struggle for independence, consider reading up on those first.
That said, this is a brilliant effort at drawing a parallel between the greatest Indian epic and our recent history, and at places it is amazing, how a scene from Mahabharata can be transposed into chapter from Indian history, a...

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Mar, 2013

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The great Indian read !

Very well written , enjoyed it thoroughly.
I would suggest every Indian read & understand this tactician's story.
A very beautifully narrated hi-story of India and the Colonizers
and the author has genuinely defined the grass root Indian traits throughout the book.

sammy

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Jul, 2012

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Perfect product!

Worth of ur time and money

ANKITA MANDAL

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Nov, 2018

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Decent product

Atlast after a long time I got an okay book from filpkart(condition wise)...for so many times I have been getting damaged or pirated books ..This book was a most expected one ..abt the condition of the book, the cover page is in good condition..but the pages inside are Yellowish like a pirated copy..looks like an old book I don't know why this always happens with Flipkart expecting for better experience but for 300 I thought it is okay

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Mar, 2020

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Q:is the vocabulary tough ??

A:yes, it's not a leisure read

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Q:Is it unabridged?

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Q:what is the number of pages of this book?

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Q:what story it is

A:Modern Indian political atmosphere based on Mahabharata..

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Q:Can a 15 year old teen read this book?

A:Probably, but if I were you I would have avoided it because of some parts are little obscene. I will advise you to try reading nonfiction books from the same author as they are very informative.

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