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A book by Sanjeev Sabhlok |
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Reviews and comments on the book |
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FAVOURABLE REVIEWS OR COMMENTS
(favourable Press reviews are not repeated here)
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Sept. 2009 |
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Sablok invites inspired readers to lead India to become a great nation with freedom and ethical governance by joining the Freedom Team of India |
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23 June 2009 |
Shanu Athiparambath |
“I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand Individual liberty in an Indian context.” |
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12 June 2009 |
Shantanu Bhagwat |
“Breaking Free of Nehru” can best be summarised as an “Ode to Freedom”. |
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4 March 2009 |
Shantanu Bhagwat |
“I would recommend the book to everyone who is remotely interested in politics, governance and the state of affairs in India ” |
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Mid-February 2009 |
Anrosh |
“An amazing read” |
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2 January 2009 |
Spontaneous Order (Centre for Civil Society) |
Parth Shah |
“great primer on India" |
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December 28, 2008 |
Sagarone blog |
Sagarone |
“I highly recommend you … find out for yourself what Sanjeev has to say” |
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Prior to this, comments (below) related to the manuscript which was available in draft form from April 2007 on the internet |
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30 October 2007 |
Ajay Gandhi |
“It is a most interesting document and deserves serious reading.” |
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6 October 2007 |
Hari Nair |
“this is a real good account for … all those who dream, yearn and envisage of a great India! I have found it very interesting, informative and capturing.” |
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14 Sept 2007 |
Shantanu |
“please do read it IN FULL” (this was in relation to a chapter of the draft manuscript) |
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INDIFFERENT/MIXED REVIEWS OR COMMENTS
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Where reviewed |
What was reviewed/ commented upon |
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Sanjeev’s comments on review? |
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March 2009 |
The book |
Chitra Sudarshan |
Rather mixed. I have concerns about the accuracy of the review. |
Yes. See here. |
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December 2007 |
Comments posted on my website (here) or: http://tinyurl.com/4fos9f |
The manuscript as well as general comments |
Captain S. Pullat |
Concerns raised re: capitalism. |
Yes. My comments posted on Capt. Pullat’s comments on 20 January 2008 |
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13 Sept 2007 |
The manuscript |
Subadra |
Concerns raised re: some issues |
Yes. Comments posted on 16 Sept 2007 - and follow-up comments on the blog. |
ADVERSE REVIEWS OR COMMENTS
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Where reviewed |
What was reviewed/ commented upon |
Reviewed by |
Whether the review was favourable? |
Sanjeev’s comments on review? |
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December 2008 |
Shadow Warrior blog |
A link to the book was provided by the blog owner, with an indifferent comment, which soon became rather virulent without any evidence offered. |
A few commentators. |
Indifferent initial post. Further negative comments.
When debate offered, the entire blog post was deleted (or threatened with deletion). So I have compiled the entire material, including my second response which was not published by the blog owner, and have placed the material here. Also on ‘blogger.com’, Wordpress.com, and on ‘blog.com’. |
The book was not reviewed. Instead, I received a lot of misplaced attacks (no problem with false attacks; such is human nature and I’m comfortable with that).
I remain happy to engage with these ‘shadow’ warriors in a civilised manner. |
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