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Vijay Menon

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Travel, Humor and Comedy, Memoir

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A Brown Man in Russia: Lessons Learned on the Trans-Siberian

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Vijay Menon rated a book really liked it Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Politics of Place, #1) by Tim Marshall	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
One of the great delights of travel presents itself in the form of exposure to geopolitical perspectives previously unconsidered. Upon befriending a group of Argentinian women in Morocco, for instance, I learned that South Americans look upon the ing ...more
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As he commences his journey through the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in which 75% of the country’s minority Tutsi population are slaughtered at the hands of the majority Hutu, author Philip Gourevitch understandably grapples with the “why.” ...more
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Vijay Menon rated a book it was amazing The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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