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Asia's Revolt against Empire
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[Indian Express] - So I have a problem with Pankaj Mishra's title, and the premise it is derived from. This does not mean I would not recommend the book for a reading. It is well written. There is scholarship in it, based on a reading of interesting texts and speeches
Editors' Choice
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[New York Times] - FROM THE RUINS OF EMPIRE: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia, by Pankaj Mishra (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.) An astute group portrait of the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary Asia. BATTLEBORN, by Claire Vaye Watkins (Riverhead, $ ) The
The political power of social media
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[DAWN.com] - According to Pankaj Mishra's profile of Imran Khan, “social media is changing Pakistan,” the PTI leader said. Most Pakistanis have mobile phones. They sign up for Twitter and Facebook in millions. Direct access to voters meant that the PTI could ignore
Anger in Arab world will lead to further strife
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[Daily News & Analysis] - Pankaj Mishra, in his latest article for the New York Times, writes that “the violent protests provoked by the film 'Innocence of Muslims' will soon subside, and American embassies will return to normal business. But the symbolic import of the violence
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