Twilight prisoners : (Record no. 740267)

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ISBN 9789360452902
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.540 954 DEB/T
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Deb, Siddhartha,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Twilight prisoners :
Sub Title the rise of the Hindu right and the fall of India /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Siddhartha Deb.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication . - Chennai
Name of publisher : Context publishers
Year of publication , 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 194 pages
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "An incisive, lyrical, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism. Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing-and disturbing-portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here with a novelist's precise language and eye for detail. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party-a formation explicitly drawing on European fascism-has deftly exploited modern technologies, the media, and market forces to launch a relentless campaign on minorities, women, dissenters, and the poor. Deb profiles these people, as well as those fighting back, including writers, scholars, and journalists. Twilight Prisoners sounds the alarm now that the world's largest democracy is under threat in ways that echo the fissures in the United States, United
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Dept. of Political Science Dept. of Political Science 18/07/2024 320.540 954 DEB/T POL23687 16/10/2024 Book