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'August 17' | Whispers from a dying kingdom
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The Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor (Travancore), among the first princely states to refuse accession to independent India in 1947, held out as a sovereign kingdom until 1949, when events forced it towards the inevitable. Purportedly written by an eyewitness to the times, August 17 combines dry acceptance with deep research into the realities on the ground, while cleverly juxtaposing genres in a manner typical of, yet extending, S Hareesh’s inimitable style.The story is told from the point of view of
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