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‘Alan is the consummate broadcasting professional. I have known him since I began my international cricket journey. I have always admired his commentating skills and unbiased views on various sports that he covers’

“The RTI is one of the most significant acts of legislation in recent years. If properly implemented, it can be used to provide the urban and rural poor their basic necessities of life and ensure some social justice.”

“Over the years, the work of MKSS has been invaluable in promoting justice and equity for the entire community of workers and peasants in our country. This book makes for a fascinating reading. It tells the story of its evolution from the early beginnings to the present day. The immediacy of experience that active participants bring to the narrative is extremely relevant and persuasive.”

“We have here an account of the birth and evolution of a law that like no other since the framing of India’s constitution, has captured the imagination of India’s peoples cutting across the vast diversities and contradictions that constitute this nation. This phenomenon is recounted by raconteurs who were pivot to the multitude of inputs and demands that made this possible… essential reading not only

“It is a story of ants fighting the elephant. MKSS has organized the ants to make the state concede the right to know. In the name of secrecy the marginalized have been victims of opaque and power centric state. But it was the power of grassroots that pushed the parliament to enact the law. As enshrined in the preamble of our Constitution the state is

“I have watched with enthusiasm the growth of a people’s movement from the streets of Beawar, the State Legislature to the halls of Parliament and beyond. This book, like its story, is by the people and for the people. I see myself as a member of this powerful movement.”

India’s multifaceted culture is on full display in this terrific design book, in which Indian expat Nandan (Tokyo Style File) collects 100 objects that serve as social and political touchstones of Indian culture.–Shaina Yahr

‘This is a case that has seized the minds and imagination of people nationwide. Manish Pachouly tells the gripping story, no holds barred. In the finest tradition of crime reporting. Read it if you want to know it all.’

I never felt intimidated or threatened — they were very warm, recalled Bos, a Dutch portrait photographer, in a phone interview. We think of headhunting as something evil or rough, but for them it was more just a way of living.

And now, Phejin [Konyak] has written a book, The Last Of The Tattooed Headhunters (Roli books), documenting the tattooing traditions and the headhunting rituals of her ancestors. She collaborated with photographer Peter Bos to explore the changing ways of life and culture of this warrior clan.