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'In a Nutshell', the new audiobook series from Naxos AudioBooks, continues with a fascinating history of Tibet. Part of China for many years, yet with a clearly distinctive culture (with the central devotion of its people being to Buddhism and the Dalai Lama), Tibet has a unique character in the panoply of world nations. Here we have an independent view of its history and the customs and beliefs of its people - and a commentary on the current situation.

கிழக்கிந்தியக் கம்பெனி கால அரசியல் முதல் திராவிட ஆட்சி அரசியல் வரையிலான காலகட்டங்களில் நடக்கும் நிகழ்ச்சிகளின் தாக்கம் எப்படி மனித சுபாவங்களை மாற்றிப்போடுகிறது என்பதை உணர்வு பூர்வமாக விவரிக்கிறது "தொட்டுக் கொள்ளவா தொடர்ந்து செல்லவா!"

Welcome to Long Story Short, an Audible Original podcast brought to you by Paperclip Media & Entertainment production. Join us on Season 2, as we bring to you stories of wondrous foreigners who visited India and influenced its history, one way or another.

At Long Story Short, we bring history to life, one fascinating story at a time.

Punjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of postcolonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This audiobook makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been characterized by a fixation on sensational violence - or ignored altogether. Mallika Kaur unearths the stories of three people who found themselves at the center of Punjab’s human rights movement.

The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.

अरब स्प्रिंगचा उद्गाता… ताहरिर चौक

மஹாத்மா பிறந்த மண்ணில் கிடைத்த மிக வித்தியாசமான அனுபவங்களையும், விவரங்களையும் பற்றி விவரிக்கும் பயண நூல். சவுத் ஆப்ரிக்காவிலே இருக்கும் உலகத்துலேயே மிகப்பெரிய வைல்ட் லைப் சாங்க்ச்சுவரி என்று சொல்ல கூடிய க்ரூகர் பார்க்கிலே மூன்று நாள் தங்கிய அந்த அனுபவங்கள். எப்படி ஒட்டகச்சிவிங்கி குட்டி போடுவது, சிங்கம் எப்படி வேட்டையாடுகிறது இவையெல்லாம் பார்த்த அனுபவங்கள் இதிலே விவரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

This absorbing history by a brilliant scholar and writer deepens our understanding of how censorship works. With his uncanny ability to spark life in the past, Robert Darnton re-creates three historical worlds in which censorship shaped literary expression in distinctive ways. In 18th-century France, censors, authors, and booksellers collaborated in making literature by navigating the intricate culture of royal privilege.

Gerald of Wales, also called Giraldus Cambrensis or Gerald De Barri ( c. 1146-c. 1223), was the archdeacon of Brecknock and a historian whose accounts of late 12th century Britain and France contain vivid anecdotes about the Christian church, the universities of Paris and Oxford, and about notable clerics. His work, Topographia Hiberniae, is an arresting account of his travels in Ireland, with vivid descriptions of the island’s fauna and flora and its natural beauty.

"Business law in medieval and early modern India developed within thevoluminous and multifaceted texts called the Dharmashastras. These texts laiddown rules for merchants, traders, guilds, farmers and individuals in terms ofthe complex religious, legal and moral ideal of dharma.This exciting...

In the 1920s, a group of young revolutionaries under the leadership of Ram Prasad Bismil took matters into their own hands to achieve freedom from the tyrannical rule of the British. Bismil and his team set the stage for a defining moment in the Indian freedom struggle by executing the audacious Kakori robbery. This was a direct attack on the British government after a long time, and it rattled them. Revisit the robbery from the eyes of Bismil as he narrates the tale of bravery, patriotism, and brotherhood.

Mamata Banerjee, with her unique style of politics, was able to defeat the formidable three-decade-old Left Front Government in 2011. Exploring her struggles and achievements, Didi opens a window to the life and times of one of the most dynamic politicians of our country. 'The general elections...

மகாத்மா காந்தி , பாரதியார், நிவேதிதா தேவி, பாலகங்காதர திலகர் , மற்றும் பலரின் உரையாடல்களின் சிறு தொகுப்புக்களுடன் ஆசிரியருக்கு உதவிய அனைத்து நூலகங்களுக்கும் , பதிப்புக்களுக்கும் நன்றிகள்.

The spiritual journey of the Beatles is the story of an entire generation of visionaries in the sixties who transformed the world. The Inner Light illumines hidden meanings of the Beatles' India-influenced lyrics and sounds, decoded by Susan Shumsky—a rare insider who spent two decades in the ashrams and six years on the personal staff of the Beatles' mentor, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Who can foretell India's future? Mr. Joshi is a fortune teller in a slum in south Delhi who uses a soothsaying green parrot to make predictions. When Adam Roberts visited him in 2012, Joshi's parrot declared that India was destined to become the most powerful nation under Prime Minister Narendra...

In December 2012, the violent gang rape of a young Indian woman in Delhi shocked the world. India was a country of booming modernisation twinned with centuries-old cultural riches. Was the cruelty of the assault indicative of something profoundly disturbing lurking beneath the surface? Sunny Hundal's arresting exploration of how Indian society treats its women argues exactly this. As a country, India has a disproportionate amount of men to women. They are financial and often social burdens upon their parents.

भारतीय कविता की एक महान परम्परा है जो समय, इतिहास, भूगोल और विभिन्न भाषाओं के आर-पार फैली है. सुप्रसिद्ध हिंदी कवि और हिंदी भाषा के नये आत्मविश्वास के अग्रणी नायक कुमार विश्वास अपनी पहली ऑडियो ओरिजिनल सीरीज़ में हमें इस महान परम्परा की कश्मीर से कन्याकुमारी तक की यात्रा करवा रहे हैं और आग्रह कर रहे हैं कि हम भक्ति, प्रेम और विद्रोह की इस विलक्षण विरासत को संजो कर रखें.

This is the story of three terrible famines. The first is an Gorta Mór, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846. The second is the deadly famine that struck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which first sprung up in lethal form in the 1970s under Emperor Haile Selassie and then reappeared under the brutal dictator Mengistu in the 1980s.

Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton. From tea with warlords in the countryside to parties with drunken foreign correspondents in the “dry” city of Kabul, journalist Kim Barker captures...

In this amazing audiobook, Charles King talks us through more than one hundred facts about the country of India. Separated into sections such as its geography, its landmarks, famous Indian figures from history and many more you will be sure to learn plenty of fascinating information. Whether you are planning on visiting India, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an excellent addition to your audiobook catalogue.