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“This is kind of a weird book, because the title makes you feel like it’s going to be a minute-by-minute discussion of the chemical disaster in Bhopal. But, it’s a 400-page book, and you don’t get to the disaster until about page 290. Seriously. It starts with a discussion of insects and pesticides,…”

“This book lived up to its title – it was a short, competent history of India. That said, it suffers from a problem of any book dealing with ancient history – it can be hard to transition between time periods and know what’s factual and what’s legend. Consider: There’s a period with everything is…”