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Birds, Beasts and Bandits

Author : Krupakar
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184754809
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Birds, Beasts and Bandits written by Krupakar and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a comic case of mistaken identity; wildlife photographers Krupakar and Senani were kidnapped one night from their home at the edge of the Bandipur National Park by Veerappan; India’s ‘most dreaded bandit’. He thought they were important government officials; and his plan was to hold them hostage in return for clemency and a substantial ransom. The bandit and his gang kept the hostages on the move in the forest; and their only contact with the outside world was via an old transistor radio. While Veerappan;who had already killed some 250 people; formulated strategies to force the government to agree to his demands; his hostages not only got a close look at the plant and animal diversity in the forests of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; but the intimacy of their life on the run gave them an insight into Veerappan’s strange mix of cruelty and humanity. Though Krupakar and Senani came from a world that was completely different from that of Veerappan’s gang; the kidnapped and the kidnappers became closely involved in each other’s concerns. Birds; Beasts and Bandits is a witty and poignant account of an extraordinary adventure with the notorious poacher and his companions.

Veerappan

Author : Sunaad Raghuram
Publisher : Ecco
ISBN 13 : 9780066210636
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Veerappan written by Sunaad Raghuram and published by Ecco. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veerappan: poacher, smuggler, killer -- a fugitive who for more than three decades has sustained a crime frenzy as action packed and outlandish as anything Hollywood (or even Bollywood) could conjure. Determined to escape the crushing poverty of his childhood village, Veerappan was lured to a life of crime in his adolescence and eventually amassed a gang with as many as 150 members. He has kidnapped wealthy men, poached precious resources, and viciously ambushed police, killing more than a hundred. He stole such great quantities of explosives from nearby granite operations that the government ordered the industry to shut down. Yet to this day he has eluded capture, despite the government's creation of a special task force, the sole purpose of which is to stop him. The impenetrable Indian jungle provides him with shelter and refuge, while villagers, whether from fear or admiration, protect him from the police, so that year after year he has grown bolder and more power hungry. His most audacious act to date -- the kidnapping of India's biggest film star -- caused nationwide public upheaval and brought the film industry to a halt, while his demands for ransom presented the government with a crippling legal dilemma. Investigative journalist Sunaad Raghuram's meticulously researched report follows Veerappan's violent progression from a small-time poacher to the bloodthirsty criminal who has flouted the entire Indian police force and government for decades. Using the personal testimony of Veerappan's family members and closest associates, Raghuram recounts this outlaw's crimes and examines his personal life as well, including a surprisingly touching first person account of what Veerappan's wife has endured. Veerappan: India's Most Wanted Man details the methods and madness of a man alternately hailed as a messiah and condemned as a murderer.

Veerappan: The Untold Story

Author : Sunaad Raghuram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780141005775
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Veerappan: The Untold Story written by Sunaad Raghuram and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigative Journalist Sunaad Raghuram S Meticulously Researched Biographical Account Of Veerappan Follows His Career From Small-Time Poacher To The Most Wanted Man In India. By 1990, Veerappan S Gang Of Sandalwood Smugglers And Ivory Poachers Had Become Such A Menace In The Forests Of Karnataka That The State Government Constituted A Special Task Force To Capture Him. Veerappan Then Turned To An Easier Way Of Making Money: Kidnapping Wealthy, Influential Men For Ransom. The Police Were Woefully Inadept At Second-Guessing His Moves And Even When They Had An Opportunity To Nab Him, They Were Thwarted By Lack Of Political Will And Rivalry Between Tamil Nadu And Karnataka Veerappan S Area Of Operation. His Accomplices And Members Of His Family, Including His Wife, Have Been Arrested, Tortured And Sometimes Killed In Encounters; Rewards Have Been Announced For Any Information That Could Lead To His Capture; And Almost All Means Of Persuasion Have Been Tried, But Veerappan Continues To Elude The Law. Raghuram Examines Veerappan S Relationship With His Wife, His Brothers And Members Of His Gang, And Describes In Detail The Method And Madness Of The Murders And Kidnappings Veerapppan Has Been Accused Of Over The Years. Based On Police Records, Media Reports And Interviews With Almost All Those Who Have Ever Had Anything To Do With Veerappan, Veerappan: The Untold Story Is A Riveting Portrait Of The Man Who Is Alternately Hailed As Messiah And Murderer.

Veerappan's Prize Catch, Rajkumar

Author : C. Dinakar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Veerappan's Prize Catch, Rajkumar written by C. Dinakar and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life And Times Of The Sandalwood Brigand Engagingly Told By The Policeman Who Couldn`T Capture Him.

Survived by One

Author : Robert E. Hanlon
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809332639
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Survived by One written by Robert E. Hanlon and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced to death and, after seventeen years on death row, expected a lethal injection to end his life. However, Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in 2000, and later commutation of all death sentences in 2003, changed Odle’s sentence to natural life. The commutation of his death sentence was an epiphany for Odle. Prior to the commutation of his death sentence, Odle lived in denial, repressing any feelings about his family and his horrible crime. Following the commutation and the removal of the weight of eventual execution associated with his death sentence, he was confronted with an unfamiliar reality. A future. As a result, he realized that he needed to understand why he murdered his family. He reached out to Dr. Robert Hanlon, a neuropsychologist who had examined him in the past. Dr. Hanlon engaged Odle in a therapeutic process of introspection and self-reflection, which became the basis of their collaboration on this book. Hanlon tells a gripping story of Odle’s life as an abused child, the life experiences that formed his personality, and his tragic homicidal escalation to mass murder, seamlessly weaving into the narrative Odle’s unadorned reflections of his childhood, finding a new family on death row, and his belief in the powers of redemption. As our nation attempts to understand the continual mass murders occurring in the U.S., Survived by One sheds some light on the psychological aspects of why and how such acts of extreme carnage may occur. However, Survived by One offers a never-been-told perspective from the mass murderer himself, as he searches for the answers concurrently being asked by the nation and the world.

Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857284215
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History written by Graham Seal and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roman Empire to the present, showing how both real and mythic figures have influenced social, political, economic and cultural outcomes in many times and places. The book also looks at the contemporary continuations of the outlaw hero mythology, not only in popular culture and everyday life, but also in the current outbreak of global terrorism.

The Wild East

Author : Barbara Harriss-White
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787353249
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book The Wild East written by Barbara Harriss-White and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild East bridges political economy and anthropology to examine a variety of il/legal economic sectors and businesses such as red sanders, coal, fire, oil, sand, air spectrum, land, water, real estate, procurement and industrial labour. The 11 case studies, based across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, explore how state regulative law is often ignored and/or selectively manipulated. The emerging collective narrative shows the workings of regulated criminal economic systems where criminal formations, politicians, police, judges and bureaucrats are deeply intertwined. By pioneering the field-study of the politicisation of economic crime, and disrupting the wider literature on South Asia’s informal economy, The Wild East aims to influence future research agendas through its case for the study of mafia-enterprises and their engagement with governance in South Asia and outside. Its empirical and theoretical contribution to debates about economic crimes in democratic regimes will be of critical value to researchers in Economics, Anthropology, Sociology, Comparative Politics, Political Science and International Relations, Criminologists and Development Studies, as well as to those inside and outside academia interested in current affairs and the relationship between crime, politics and mafia enterprises.

A Treatise on Customary and Fundamental Laws of the Nagas in Nagaland

Author : Moatoshi Ao
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1645464776
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on Customary and Fundamental Laws of the Nagas in Nagaland written by Moatoshi Ao and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law is an indispensable tool to control and maintain equilibrium in the progress of a civil society towards a healthier civilization. The object of law whether customary or statutory is to regulate, protect and deliver justice. The variance between customary laws and the contemporary statutory laws has to be balanced by recognizing and satisfying the wants, desires, and wishes of the society. The book is a legal work on the efficacy of Naga customary law in governance and judiciary. It begins with a legal investigation on the history of the Naga customary law and its Constitutional recognition. It then delves into the Naga customary administrative and judicial bodies and the legitimacy of its actions in the eye of statutory and formal laws. The present work also makes a legal examination of the customary ownership of land and its resources. Furthermore, it reflects on the contemporary social and legal issues emanating in the State of Nagaland and investigate the role of the executive, legislature and judiciary in harmonization and reconciliation. The appendix of the book contains important colonial documents on Naga history, colonial judgments & orders, pre-constitutional documents and important judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and High Court on Naga customary laws.

Munnar to Marina

Author : W.I Davaram
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Munnar to Marina written by W.I Davaram and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his book "Munnar to Marina", W.I Davaram traces his life's journey from his childhood on the tea estates of Munnar, through his college days, his passion for the army which took him to NEFA, his stint as a lecturer in Imphal and his having to accept his "second choice" which led him to the IPS. This book is an account of the various events in his life as a police officer, peppered with anecdotes, he hopes, will be of interest to the general reader. Join the author on his roller coaster ride through his years in the Tami Nadu police service, from dealing with mobs, eradicating the Naxalites, being part of the Veerappan hunt, and more…

The Dismantling of India

Author : TJS George
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9392099169
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Dismantling of India written by TJS George and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1947, two months after Independence, TJS George arrived in Bombay. He was nineteen years old, with a degree in English Literature. He sent out job applications––to the Air Force and to the city's English-language newspapers. Only one organization cared to reply, The Free Press Journal. The editor was known to hire anyone who asked for a job, but most new hires were sacked in a fortnight. George was put on the news desk as a sub-editor and eventually became an assistant editor. In Patna, as editor of The Searchlight, he was arrested by the chief minister for sedition. He spent three weeks in Hazaribagh Central Jail. In Hong Kong, he worked for the Far Eastern Economic Review as regional editor; in New York he was a writer for the United Nations population division; and, back in Hong Kong, in 1975, he founded Asiaweek. Six years later, he returned to India and settled in Bangalore. He began a column for Indian Express that ran without a break for twenty-five years, until 2022. His seventy-five years of journalism, concurrent with India's development as an independent nation, make for a unique understanding of events and personalities. Acclaimed for his widely historical, pan-Asian vision, George brings this far-flung experience to a compulsively readable new book, The Dismantling of India. It is the story of India told in 35 concise biographies, beginning with Jamsetji Tata and ending with Narendra Modi.

Penguin Book of Indian Journeys

Author : Saad Ashraf
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780141007649
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Penguin Book of Indian Journeys written by Saad Ashraf and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wonderful Synecdoche For India: Heterogeneous, Contrary, Suddenly Seductive' - Hindustan Time `The Penguin Book Of Indian Journeys Is Not Exactly A Collection Of Essays On Trips To Places Familiar And Unknown. It Is So Much More, That It Would Be A Crime To Describe Its Contents As Travel Pieces . . . It Examines The Petty And The Large-Hearted, The Honest And The Hypocritical, The Smug, The Defeated And The Insecure . . . In The Final Analysis, Indian Journeys Is Like A Parcel Gift-Wrapped In Multiple Layers, Each One Presenting The Reader With A Wonderful Surprise That Raises His Expectations Of The Next'- Sunday Statesman `A Treat ... With More Than 35 Pieces, The Book Gives A Wide-Angle View Of Contemporary India' - Indian Express `An Exhilarating Account Of India, Complete In Its Mosaic Of Contending Architecture, Climate, People, Politics, Emotions, Ambitions And Shibboleths'- Hindustan Times `[India] Sets The Literary Imagination On Fire. The Brilliant And Absorbing Pieces In This Collection Are Moulded In The Heat Of That Dazzling Flame . . . An Essential Read For All Wanderers And Intrepid Travellers'- First City `Memorable Pieces Dominate: Jan Morris'S Exuberant Essay On Darjeeling, Bruce Chatwin'S Ironic Take On Mrs Gandhi, And Sarayu Ahuja'S Delightful Portrait Of A Madras Mami . . . You Can Scarcely Wait Till The Bookshop Opens So You Can Read The Rest Of Their Books' - Hindu

The Counterfeiter

Author : Bhaswar Mukherjee
Publisher : Om Books International
ISBN 13 : 9392834160
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Counterfeiter written by Bhaswar Mukherjee and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telgi and the stamp scam? Didn’t that happen a quarter of a century ago? Why now? Because the complete story of the counterfeiter and scamster has never been told before. Because the story of the sheer innovation and audacity of an underdog needs to be told. Because the complex web of corruption involving lawmakers and law-keepers continues. Because the crime has all the overtones of a Bollywood potboiler, replete with chases, corrupt government officials and policemen, political chicanery, bar dancers and yes, a murder too! Because of the many unanswered questions that remain, so many years after the crime and the death of Abdul Karim Ladsaab Telgi in 2017. How was it possible for a man like Telgi to establish a pan-India ‘business’ in 74 cities and reach such dizzying heights of power and pelf, amassing a personal wealth of over Rs 17,000 crore while swindling the economy to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore? How did he manage to undermine the hallowed institutions of India? What was the size of the scam? How did CBI peg the figure at a mere fraction of the guesstimated amount? The Counterfeiter chronicles the audacious swindle by the flamboyant mastermind in a blow-by-blow account of its execution, investigation, charge sheets, legal developments, Telgi’s incarceration, trial, death – and finally exoneration. An unputdownable true-crime dossier!

Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

Author : Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135943257
Total Pages : 3189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema written by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 3189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s and, for the first time, a comprehensive name index. Illustrated throughout, there is no comparable guide to the incredible vitality and diversity of historical and contemporary Indian film.

Frontline

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Reliving the memories of an Indian forester: Memoir of S Shyam Sunder

Author : Shivsharan Someshwar
Publisher : Manipal Universal Press
ISBN 13 : 9388337131
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Reliving the memories of an Indian forester: Memoir of S Shyam Sunder written by Shivsharan Someshwar and published by Manipal Universal Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shyam Sunder’s education, in Mangalore and later in Madras, followed a course predestined for entry in to the forest service. In the Madras Presidency of the early 1950s, selection to a Class I government post was highly coveted, as well as restricted by numerous fences of exclusion. However, he succeeded due to several unusual events he narrates vividly in this memoir. One of his early forestry mentors cautioned, “Shyam Sunder, you’ll either go very far or will lose your way. I advise you to be careful.” As a researcher, forest administrator, and later as head of the forest department, he always chose to do what felt right. Inexplicably, that hastened success throughout his career. Except for a short period of two years, when he lost most of his hair thanks to a despondent boss, Shyam Sunder’s career was a ‘dream come true.’ With the affection of 10,000 staff, full support of the chief ministers he served under, and ample confidence of the government, Shyam Sunder made Karnataka a model state for forestry in India. He retired in 1989 as the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. Shyam Sunder loved Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the dog), due to the similarity between the trip depicted in the book, up and down the Thames, and his own career. In both cases, life was interesting while not always smooth whether it was protecting forests in the Western Ghats from insatiable societal demands, working with ministers intent on getting their way, or striving to achieve conservation goals while being part of a labyrinthine bureaucracy. Under his leadership, partnering with a staff of ten thousand officials, the forest department of Karnataka became the envy of departments across the country. Shyam Sunder’s memoir is a series of vignettes, from numerous comedic to a tragic few. The life narrated is varied and never short of excitement – being ten yards from a charging tusker or a foot away from a King Cobra; defying orders of the chief minister; being hauled up for contempt of the high court, and discussing with Indira Gandhi the best way to eat avocados. Possessed of wit and passion, the narration lays bare the hubris of popular discourse on noble forest livelihoods, and unflinchingly narrates neglect of rural communities, as well as of forests, at times by the callous imposition of rules and regulations.

The Model Legume Medicago truncatula, 2 Volume Set

Author : Frans J. de Bruijn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119409160
Total Pages : 1264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Model Legume Medicago truncatula, 2 Volume Set written by Frans J. de Bruijn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully covers the biology, biochemistry, genetics, and genomics of Medicago truncatula Model plant species are valuable not only because they lead to discoveries in basic biology, but also because they provide resources that facilitate translational biology to improve crops of economic importance. Plant scientists are drawn to models because of their ease of manipulation, simple genome organization, rapid life cycles, and the availability of multiple genetic and genomic tools. This reference provides comprehensive coverage of the Model Legume Medicago truncatula. It features review chapters as well as research chapters describing experiments carried out by the authors with clear materials and methods. Most of the chapters utilize advanced molecular techniques and biochemical analyses to approach a variety of aspects of the Model. The Model Legume Medicago truncatula starts with an examination of M. truncatula plant development; biosynthesis of natural products; stress and M. truncatula; and the M. truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis. Symbiosis of Medicago truncatula with arbuscular mycorrhiza comes next, followed by chapters on the common symbiotic signaling pathway (CSSP or SYM) and infection events in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Other sections look at hormones and the rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses; autoregulation of nodule numbers (AON) in M. truncatula; Medicago truncatula databases and computer programs; and more. Contains reviews, original research chapters, and methods Covers most aspects of the M. truncatula Model System, including basic biology, biochemistry, genetics, and genomics of this system Offers molecular techniques and advanced biochemical analyses for approaching a variety of aspects of the Model Legume Medicago truncatula Includes introductions by the editor to each section, presenting the summary of selected chapters in the section Features an extensive index, to facilitate the search for key terms The Model Legume Medicago truncatula is an excellent book for researchers and upper level graduate students in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, plant genetics and biochemistry. It will also benefit legume biologists, plant molecular biologists, agrobiologists, plant breeders, bioinformaticians, and evolutionary biologists.

A Tamil Month

Author : V Sanjay Kumar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9388630122
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book A Tamil Month written by V Sanjay Kumar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamil Nadu – where there are more temples than pharmacies, where the language is older than Sanskrit, where atheists have ruled for half a century provided they were atheists from the right caste. Tamil Nadu, where the young population is ripe for a revolution. At least this is what Nanban thinks, coming from the hub of Mumbai and well-versed in its Machiavellian political ways, he plans to shake things up. His meeting with Veerappan Gounder, who took a bit hit in the last election, seems like his chance to challenge the Tamil status quo. Together they embark on a campaign where no ideal is too high and no action too dastardly to get what Nanban wants – but at what price. V Sanjay Kumar weaves a political thriller as compelling as it is incisive, about the human factor and the vested interests that spark change and about an Indian state which is older than time and just as stubborn.