{"product_id":"twilight-prisoners-the-rise-of-the-hindu-right-and-the-fall-of-india-paperback","title":"Twilight Prisoners: The Rise of the Hindu Right and the Fall of India - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSiddhartha Deb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn incisive, lyrical, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTraveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing--and disturbing--portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here with a novelist's precise language and eye for detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrime Minister Narendra Modi and his party--a formation explicitly drawing on European fascism--has deftly exploited modern technologies, the media, and market forces to launch a relentless campaign on minorities, women, dissenters, and the poor. Deb profiles these people, as well as those fighting back, including writers, scholars, and journalists. \u003cem\u003eTwilight Prisoners\u003c\/em\u003e sounds the alarm now that the world's largest democracy is under threat in ways that echo the fissures in the United States, United Kingdom, and so-called democracies the world over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Shillong, India, \u003cstrong\u003eSiddhartha Deb\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Harlem, New York. His fiction and nonfiction have been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, and been awarded the Pen Open Prize. His journalism and essays have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBaffler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003en+1\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDissent\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCaravan\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726496796735,"sku":"9798888900888","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2534c5a98009c98aa161fd7a7a2d1d87_203f82c4-6d61-4fda-93cc-a59674139846.webp?v=1765111032","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/twilight-prisoners-the-rise-of-the-hindu-right-and-the-fall-of-india-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}