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THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INDIAN TRAINS: A Journey

by Amitava Kumar

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The Tunnel of Time: An Autobiography

by R.K. Laxman

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The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga

by Arthur Avalon

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Avinash Kumar started reading THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INDIAN TRAINS: A Journey by Amitava Kumar	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Avinash Kumar rated a book really liked it Post Office by Charles Bukowski	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As an aspiring writer, I find Bukowski's words echoing in my soul. Post office was his purgatory as well as his cradle. ...more
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Avinash Kumar rated a book it was amazing Caged ...: Memories Have Names by Gulzar	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A window to Gulzars world.
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Avinash Kumar rated a book really liked it The insider by P.V. Narasimha Rao	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Seldom an insider writes such and elaborated piece which remains a legacy for future generation to come. Anand remains to the most successful prime minister of India.
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I am keeping it at my bedside for company.
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“So immutably does a human being surrender to the mist of the Motherland! Just as a tooth will not stop aching until the nerve is killed, so is it with us; we shall probably not stop responding to the call of the the Motherland until we swallow arsenic.”
― Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Архипелаг ГУЛАГ: 1918-1956: опыт художественного исследования

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