'Graphic politics in Eastern India: Script and the quest for autonomy' Nishaant Choksi (2021)
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Graphic politics in Eastern India: Script and the quest for autonomy
Nishaant Choksi (2021)
London: Bloomsbury Academic. Pp. 224
ISBN: 9781350215924 (pbk)
ISBN: 9781350159587 (hbk)
ISBN: 9781350159594 (Ebook)
ISBN: 9781350159600 (Epub)
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