The Gate to China by Michael Sheridan and From Rebel to Ruler by Tony Saich are two newly published 2021 books on China. Both authors…
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Tag: Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
The Last Embassy
This 2021 book The Last Embassy is about a Dutch mission to Peking one year after the disastrous Lord McCartney mission. The Dutch were invited…
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The trilogy
A classic in the true meaning of the word. Jan Morris’s trilogy of the British Empire is a masterpiece of research and erudite distillation. Spanning…
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Is Jinnah a great lawyer? (Part 2)
Jinnah’s skill as a politician has always been scrutinized by his biographers. He is after all The Sole Spokesman for Pakistan. (Ayesha Jalal). He is…
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Is Jinnah a great lawyer? (Part 1)
Is Mohammad Ali Jinnah a great lawyer? This issue has never been subjected to critical analysis by his many biographers. Jinnah the politician has always…
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Jinnah of Pakistan
Pakistan was MA Jinnah’s sole “client” during the last decade of his life. His beloved pretty wife Ruttie had died much earlier in 1929. (p…
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By Edward W Said
Edward Said is one of those engaged intellectuals. They see the world from the prism of the oppressed and tried to change it through writings.…
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