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Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in col

This ambitious and engaging new account of independent India's struggle to overcome famine and malnutrition in the twentieth century traces Indian nation-buildi

The years leading up to the independence and accompanying partition of India mark a tumultuous period in the history of Bengal. Representing both a major front

Three lives collide on an island off India: “An engrossing tale of caste and culture… introduces readers to a little-known world.”—Entertainment Weekly