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Title: Catering to the india illiterate audience
Review: I think the author does a good job of capturing the attitude of "secular" indians. It seems to me that the author almost feels that the Bombay bomb blasts were actually justified. It an appalling state of affairs that many Indians actually follow this line of thought. For that perspective alone this book is worth reading. No matter how much it offends you.On a more technical note, the way the author makes conclusions from the data points he presents is clearly intended to convince someone who is not aware of the context. For example, the author makes a claim about how Bal Thakeray mentioned Ram Mandir and Lucknow in one sentence and how that means Bal Thackeray thinks Ram Mandir is in Ayodhya. What that basically means is that either the author has pretty weak reasoning skills or that his hate and disgust for people prevent him from making an objective inference. Both of those reasons are strong enough to give this book a 1 star.
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