The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal—India, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and M

Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in col

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