Fiction/Non-fiction Books About India That Don't Focus On the British Raj

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Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 3: The Bikshu's Love
Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 3: The Bikshu's Love
by: Kalki
4.48 avg rating — 456 ratings
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The Secret Taj
The Secret Taj 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement
We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Folktales from India
Folktales from India 4.05 avg rating — 664 ratings
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Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve 3.69 avg rating — 10,714 ratings
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A River Sutra
A River Sutra 3.90 avg rating — 2,525 ratings
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The Lost Dog
The Lost Dog 3.06 avg rating — 938 ratings
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Sold
Sold 4.23 avg rating — 63,074 ratings
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Spice and Smoke (Bollywood Confidential, #1)
Spice and Smoke (Bollywood Confidential, #1) 3.14 avg rating — 164 ratings
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The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1)
The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 28,176 ratings
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Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi 4.25 avg rating — 71,264 ratings
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The Ramayana and Mahabharata Condensed into English Verse
The Ramayana and Mahabharata Condensed into English Verse 4.05 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure
Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure 3.53 avg rating — 18,091 ratings
112.
The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books 4.01 avg rating — 88,661 ratings
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Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop
Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop 4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen, #2)
A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 8,974 ratings
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The Journey Home
The Journey Home 4.58 avg rating — 5,333 ratings
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Malgudi Days
Malgudi Days 4.21 avg rating — 18,920 ratings
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The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse 4.18 avg rating — 336 ratings
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Shalom India Housing Society
Shalom India Housing Society 3.44 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Malgudi Days II
Malgudi Days II 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus 3.82 avg rating — 3,228 ratings
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The Walled City: A Novel
The Walled City: A Novel 3.52 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
Afternoon of an Autocrat 4.08 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Malgudi Days I
Malgudi Days I 4.20 avg rating — 200 ratings
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The Scream
The Scream 3.53 avg rating — 387 ratings
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Doing Time With Nehru: Life before the India-China Border War of 1962, events that led up to it, and life with my family at an internment camp.
Doing Time With Nehru: Life before the India-China Border War of 1962, events that led up to it, and life with my family at an internment camp.
by: Yin Marsh
4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings
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A Very Private Enterprise
A Very Private Enterprise 3.38 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Untouchable God
Untouchable God
by: Kancha I
4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Man-Eater Of Jassapur
The Man-Eater Of Jassapur 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Why I Am Not a Hindu
Why I Am Not a Hindu 3.85 avg rating — 658 ratings
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found 3.94 avg rating — 11,197 ratings
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People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos
People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits
Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits 3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Myth of the Holy Cow
The Myth of the Holy Cow
by: D.N. Jha
3.86 avg rating — 309 ratings
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The Gypsy Goddess
The Gypsy Goddess 3.77 avg rating — 587 ratings
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Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories
Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature
Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature
by: G.N. Devy
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The branded =: Uchalya
The branded =: Uchalya 3.97 avg rating — 216 ratings
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A Son of the Circus
A Son of the Circus 3.67 avg rating — 21,096 ratings
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River of Fire
River of Fire 4.04 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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The Grip of Change
The Grip of Change 3.85 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Motherwit
Motherwit 4.28 avg rating — 116 ratings
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India: A Sacred Geography
India: A Sacred Geography 4.06 avg rating — 371 ratings
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Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India 3.69 avg rating — 514 ratings
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The Hindus: An Alternative History
The Hindus: An Alternative History 3.67 avg rating — 1,607 ratings
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A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India
A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India 4.28 avg rating — 2,675 ratings
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When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics
When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics 3.90 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Mandala
Mandala 3.61 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
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Politics after Television: Hindu Nationalism and the Reshaping of the Public in India
Politics after Television: Hindu Nationalism and the Reshaping of the Public in India 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India 3.80 avg rating — 2,558 ratings
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Dalit Women Speak Out: Caste, Class and Gender Violence in India
Dalit Women Speak Out: Caste, Class and Gender Violence in India 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Gulbadan
Gulbadan 3.65 avg rating — 69 ratings
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my Hanuman Chalisa
my Hanuman Chalisa 4.34 avg rating — 1,951 ratings
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Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Emperor
Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Emperor 3.96 avg rating — 70 ratings
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An Anthology of Dalit Literature
An Anthology of Dalit Literature 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Taj Mahal: A Love Affair at the Heart of the Moghul Empire
Taj Mahal: A Love Affair at the Heart of the Moghul Empire 3.90 avg rating — 674 ratings
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The Emergency: A Personal History
The Emergency: A Personal History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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The Mughal Throne
The Mughal Throne 4.18 avg rating — 921 ratings
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Maid in India: Stories of Inequality and Opportunity Inside Our Homes
Maid in India: Stories of Inequality and Opportunity Inside Our Homes 3.72 avg rating — 114 ratings
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A State of Freedom
A State of Freedom 3.60 avg rating — 1,930 ratings
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Loved and Unloved: The Girl Child in the Family
Loved and Unloved: The Girl Child in the Family 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Mother Teresa: In My Own Words
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words 4.32 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
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The Elephant Chaser's Daughter
The Elephant Chaser's Daughter 4.37 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa 4.05 avg rating — 525 ratings
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The Way I See It: A Gauri Lankesh Reader
The Way I See It: A Gauri Lankesh Reader 4.41 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Republic of Reason: Words They Could Not Kill
The Republic of Reason: Words They Could Not Kill 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Path of the Parivar: Articles on Gujarat and Hindutva
Path of the Parivar: Articles on Gujarat and Hindutva really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat
Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Government Brahmana
Government Brahmana 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Strength of our wrists
Strength of our wrists 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings
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What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me
What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me 4.38 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Sense And Solidarity - Jholawala Economics for Everyone
Sense And Solidarity - Jholawala Economics for Everyone 4.24 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Why I am a Hindu
Why I am a Hindu 3.72 avg rating — 3,863 ratings
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The Prisons We Broke
The Prisons We Broke 4.23 avg rating — 168 ratings
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JNU Row 2016: How democracy revealed the cracks in the Indian Society
JNU Row 2016: How democracy revealed the cracks in the Indian Society it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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What the Nation Really Needs to Know: The JNU Nationalism Lectures
What the Nation Really Needs to Know: The JNU Nationalism Lectures 4.28 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Dalit Diary, 1999-2003: Reflections on Apartheid in India
Dalit Diary, 1999-2003: Reflections on Apartheid in India really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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When a Tree Shook Delhi: The 1984 Carnage and its Aftermath
When a Tree Shook Delhi: The 1984 Carnage and its Aftermath 4.21 avg rating — 410 ratings
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India Stinking: Manual Scavengers in Andhra Pradesh
India Stinking: Manual Scavengers in Andhra Pradesh liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Panthers in Parliament: Dalits, Caste and Political Power in South India
Panthers in Parliament: Dalits, Caste and Political Power in South India 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Heirs To Ambedkar: The Rebirth of Engaged Buddhism in India
Heirs To Ambedkar: The Rebirth of Engaged Buddhism in India 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Why Scams are Here to Stay: Understanding Political Corruption in India
Why Scams are Here to Stay: Understanding Political Corruption in India
by: N. Ram
3.60 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Bheda
Bheda 4.20 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Jasoda
Jasoda 3.69 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell: Caste as Lived Experience
Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell: Caste as Lived Experience 4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings
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When The Moon Shines By Day
When The Moon Shines By Day 3.24 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Sultana's Dream and Padmarag
Sultana's Dream and Padmarag 3.86 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir
Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present, V: 600 B.C. to the Early Twentieth Century
Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present, V: 600 B.C. to the Early Twentieth Century 4.20 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India
Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Slate of Life: More Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India
The Slate of Life: More Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Adivasi Will Not Dance
The Adivasi Will Not Dance 4.10 avg rating — 1,891 ratings
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The Story of My Assassins
The Story of My Assassins 3.51 avg rating — 613 ratings
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Vaadivaasal: Arena
Vaadivaasal: Arena 4.28 avg rating — 1,451 ratings
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Poonachi or The Story of a Black Goat
Poonachi or The Story of a Black Goat 4.10 avg rating — 7,390 ratings
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Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History
Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Spotted Goddesses: Dalit Women's Agency-Narratives On Caste And Gender Violence
Spotted Goddesses: Dalit Women's Agency-Narratives On Caste And Gender Violence 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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No Laughing Matter: The Ambedkar Cartoons, 1932–1956
No Laughing Matter: The Ambedkar Cartoons, 1932–1956 4.39 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The RSS: A Menace To India
The RSS: A Menace To India 3.71 avg rating — 82 ratings
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