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Hardcover. Zustand: New. A Tale of Two Temples and Other Essays takes the readers on an interesting journey from Nehruvian socialism to Kamala Harris, the first woman vice president of the USA; from Covid and Karma to why Muslim migrants are no longer welcome in France. The author questions why educated families do not encourage their children to make a career in politics. He also analyses why madarsas can't be secular. He refers to the UNO as a "Useless Non-existent Organization" whose catalogue of failures has been listed since 1948.The article 'Travancore Stood for Tolerance' introduces us to Koji Kawashima, the Japanese scholar who researched the Hindu state of Travancore between 1858 and 1936 highlighting its tolerance of other religions. Having lived in Kolkata (Calcutta) for thirty-eight years, the author calls Kolkata: a city with a soul, that values its cultural ethos and where elite club membership is for those who are socio-culturally acceptable, unlike Delhi which values position and wealth. The articles present a vast panorama of topics from the past to the present, both of India and the world.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Agenda and Ideologies: Thoughts on Congress, Communism, Fascism and Others encapsulates Indian society from the days when even a telephone without a dial was a luxury to the Internet revolution and modern communication. From the 1955 flirtation with socialism that stymied India's economic growth, to its jettisoning in 1991, ushering in liberalism, Prafull Goradia has been a witness to it all. The journey from Nehruvian politics to Modism - the reframing of West Asian relations by rapprochement with UAE and Israel, the Ayodhya saga of Babri Masjid and Ram Mandir, the rise and fall of Marxism and Fascism in the world, a new dawn for women in the armed forces and the deductive logic of Abrahamic faiths versus the inductive logic of Hinduism - Goradia's range of discourse leaves the reader spellbound. The book is a bird's eye view from someone who has grown up in the dawn of Independence and provides incisive insight into the last seven decades of free India.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. The cocktail of subjects touched upon in Jinnah helped Hindus and Other Reflections may surprise some readers by their diversity. From a young boy questioning why with a galaxy of freedom fighters, we have Gandhi's portrait on all our currency notes, especially when money was his last concern to how Jinnah actually helped Hindus. Why Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, who welcomed Muslim migrants with open arms, is today offering them 3000 Euros as a return package? Many of the essays ask truly relevant questions. According to the author the Babri Masjid should be called Babri maqbarah since it is not a masjid. How acute is the threat of Islamisation of Europe? What is the future of minorities in Pakistan? Why did Jinnah call the Aligarh Muslim University the 'arsenal of Pakistan'? Prafull Goradia also analyses why Indians still prefer sarkari jobs over others and what the causes of the failure of State Capitalism are. In the essay 'Cricket in Need of a Revolution' the author is critical of the fact that India has only one competitive international cricket team. Almost the same players play Test matches, One-dayers as well as twenty-20s. Why? We overstrain these players and might even be risking the quality of their game. Every reader will find something of interest in this collection of essays.

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. India repeatedly swears by democracy but we forget how undemocratically we selected our first Prime Minister. Of the 16 Pradesh Congress Committees across the country, 15 opted for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel while one chose Acharya J B Kripalani. This book asks the pertinent question, what if Sardar Patel had been India's first Prime Minister? Would India's political and development trajectories be different It also discusses Patel's thoughts on Partition and the East Bengal problem that finally led to the formation of Bangladesh. His views on independent Princely states, on China and Communists and his views on planning and economic outlook are also explored. The ifs and buts of history are of course debatable. But was this a decision that changed the destiny of a nation and its people?

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Population Exchange: Jinnah Wanted Hijrat for all Muslims in India looks into the rationale of the Muslim League's proposal of a population transfer in the context of the Partition of India. The justification lay in the argument of how different Hindus were from Muslims, and therefore, how indispensable a vivisection was for them to live in peace. The 'best protection for the minorities will be the establishment of two strong states, neither of which will dare misbehave towards each other's minorities'. Jinnah adamantly asserted: 'That is the only solution if you don't want civil war'. Partition was to provide India's Muslims a homeland. Some called it a New Medina, others a Dar-ul-Islam. It was a premediated move on religious lines. There was no other reason for Partition. Ironically, Jinnah's proposal of an exchange of population fell on the deaf ears of Indian, read Hindu, Congress leaders and it resulted in an exodus what happened in West Punjab was not a riot nor a mere pogrom, but a holocaust of Hindus and Sikhs, causing a flood of refugees to cross into India. A similar tragedy unfolded in the eastern wing of Pakistan. In comparison, the exodus of Muslims out of India was nominal. The author points out, had there been a population exchange as in Greece and Turkey, India would not today constantly face threats of communal discords and wars with Pakistan.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. How old is Banaras? Possibly, even time may not have an answer to that. Unquestionably, Jerusalem is blessed by divinity, but Banaras, which has been invaded forty times, destroyed twice, and yet has lived on since time immemorial deserves to be called Jerusalem's sibling in divine status, historical antiquity, and religious significance. From extolling the virtues of Banaras to calling our constitution a compromise document; from love jihad and same-sex marriages to insisting India is a democracy despite what critics may claim, Prafull Goradia comments on myriad topics in this exhaustive collection of essays. He questions why China does not have any friends or allies beyond North Korea and Pakistan. And asks us to be wary of China's intentions as he believes its President for life, Xi Jinping's will to dominate the world is as eloquent as any Mein Kampf. Have you ever wondered why the Jews remained homeless until 1948, what can the killings in the USA teach us? Is fascism a dirty word? Why has West Bengal become a graveyard of industries? Goradia reveals it all.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. History, politics, or economics, India or the world, current affairs, or headlines from the past, Prafull Goradia never ceases to amaze us with his treasure trove of knowledge. This book is an exhaustive collection of his essays, wherein he analyses everything from the reasons behind the pathetic plight of Air India to the power games between Russia and China, to the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the fascinating exploits of three generals of World War IIGermany's Erwin Rommel, General Patton of USA and England's Field Marshall Montgomery. Goradia offers a unique perspective on the stock market crash of 2008 and The Great Depression of 1929, when a quarter of the male population lost their jobs. We have the author's musings on the Uniform Civil Code, Fascism, the Congress' troubles, Kashmir, the Taliban, and Sri Lanka's Food Emergency. The author also reveals why Hitler asked India's hockey legend, Dhyan Chand, to join the German army, the repercussions of Javed Akhtar's controversial remarks on the RSS, and how fate in the form of Devika Rani intervened in the life of Dilip Kumar, who might have otherwise continued in his family trade of fruit selling.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. A turnaround in the course of Indian history' is how the 11 March 2017 UP assembly elections are being described. It is believed, the election of a majority BJP government and of a Hindu mathadhikari as the Chief Minister of India's most populous State is an expression of resurgence of Hinduism, not just a religious awakening. In 21st century India, this is the third such symbolic public demonstration of saffron ascendancy, says author Prafull Goradia, who was an eye-witness to the first such assertion in recent times, the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. Until the advent of Narendra Modi, no leader was able to inspire the Hindu confidence for the expression of their true sentiments, he asserts. The book, Saffron Awakening, takes a look at what UP suffered during centuries of Islamic rule and analyses why Uttar Pradesh voted the way it did. Never before has the Hindu expressed himself with such vengeance. It is a time of Saffron Awakening.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Politics in India is full of paradoxes, and caste, community, education, all civil society matters are subject to intense politics, which is very often so quixotic that it is not funny. India is the only country in the world that has practiced toleration for thousands of years and, at the same time, runs a successful democracy today. This makes toleration a sine qua non of democracy; a proposition which applies to all real practitioners of this free system of government. Pakistan, an Islamic country, is home today to 203 million Muslims, India, a secular state is home to 201 million Muslims! There are no Wakfs in Turkey; Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Tunisian. In India, Wakfs thrive though on independence, Zamindaris and Jagirdaris were abolished as were the princely States. India s political life, thus, is full of contradictions, though it is 75 years old. When will clarity come, is a question the author asks.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. A body that merges with the sky itself, foundering mankind's rock and harbour, child of the childless, transcendent lover, mover of earth, worker of miracles-Krishna is all these. And more. What may not have been realized in the millennia-old history and myths that surround the god-king is his extraordinary grasp over generalship in war, and superior governance in times of peace. At a time when nations are languishing over the lost ideals of leadership, Prafull Goradia chooses to celebrate a figure hitherto confined to temples and prayer rooms and holds him up to illustrate, one by one, the sage and seemingly hard decisions he took to safeguard mankind in the worst and best of times. Goradia and fellow-writer of this book, Jaganniwas Iyer, do not stop at delving into India's ages-old tradition of philosophical thought to propose an alternate system of government for modern India, for theirs is a worldview. The figures of Plato and Bismarck, and the stratagems they evoked for their people, share equal space with other global leaders from other times in this unique thought experiment. In a new initiative, the book risks no platitudes in dwelling on the ills of misgovernment-here, or elsewhere-proposing instead a carefully elaborated solution to them. What we have before us is a singular and time-tested approach to politics.

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