Jan 10, 2010 Posted by daktre

the nehrus and the gandhis – review

An unexpectedly riveting book giving a much better account of post-independence India than I have been able to gather from most other sources. He tries to separate the “legend” behind Nehru and Indira from the people they were. Good supplementary reading to India after Gandhi by Guha, which sorta seemed to completely neglect these people’s personal... read more

Jan 6, 2010 Posted by daktre

Review – The Shock Doctrine

A powerful narrative on how US-style neo-liberal thinking is much more than a mere political ideology. The author indicates (through thorough analysis of documents and events in history) that an agenda to dismantle ‘states’ to safeguard “potential harm” to future US interests was pursued by several US administration. A decent understanding of economics and world affairs beforehand... read more