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The God of Small Things

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Caste

Destined For War

India

Inglorious Empire

The Golden Road

China

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Empireland

The Age of Kali

Over the Edge of the World

Freedom at Midnight

Sex and Sensibility

Mahatma Gandhi Assassination : J.L. Kapur Commission Report - Part - 2

Ganga and Yamuna

The Hidden History of Burma

An Essay on the East India Trade

The Making of the Dalit Public in North India

बहादुर शाह और जीनत महल: बर्मा में अंग्रेजी का कैदी

The Break of Dawn

Gandhi and His Critics

The Cambridge History of India: Volume 1, Ancient India