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John Zubrzycki

    Este autor es un periodista galardonado con una larga trayectoria en la India, habiendo ejercido como estudiante de hindi, diplomático, consultor y corresponsal extranjero. Su trabajo se centra en el comentario de la actualidad mundial, fundamentado en una profunda comprensión de la cultura y la historia de la India. Los lectores apreciarán su estilo perspicaz y su habilidad para conectar perspectivas globales con un entendimiento matizado de regiones específicas. Se desempeña como editor de comentarios mundiales en The Australian y reside en Sídney.

    Geschichte Indiens
    Dethroned
    Empire of Enchantment
    The Shortest History of India
    The House of Jaipur
    • A vibrant narrative of India's magical traditions and their journey across the world.

      Empire of Enchantment
    • In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to deliver the most important speech of his career. He had just three weeks to convince over 550 sovereign princely states--some tiny, some the size of Britain--to become part of a free India. Once Britain's most faithful allies, the princes could choose between joining India or Pakistan, or declaring independence. This is a saga of intrigue, brinkmanship and broken promises, wrought by Mountbatten and two of independent India's founding fathers: the country's most senior civil servant, V.P. Menon, and Congress strongman Vallabhbhai Patel. What India's architects described as a "bloodless revolution" was anything but, as violence engulfed Kashmir and Indian troops crushed Hyderabad's dreams of independence. Most princes accepted the inevitable, exchanging their power for guarantees of privileges and titles in perpetuity. But these dynasties were still led to extinction--not by the sword, but by political expediency--leaving them with little more than fading memories of a glorified past.

      Dethroned
    • Geschichte Indiens

      Alles, was man über das bevölkerungsreichste Land der Welt wissen muss

      John Zubrzycki bietet in seinem Überblick über fünf Jahrtausende indischer Geschichte einen lebendigen Einblick in die Entwicklung von Zivilisationen, Religionen und politischen Strukturen bis zur modernen indischen Republik. Er fasst 5000 Jahre auf unter 300 Seiten zusammen, ohne die Komplexität der Gesellschaft zu vernachlässigen.

      Geschichte Indiens