Books

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Satya Mohanty's 'Unpolitically Correct' exposes flaws in public policies

Satya Mohanty's 'Unpolitically Correct' exposes flaws in...

Retired bureaucrat Satya Mohanty's book aims to provoke outrage over policies that...

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'Living with Birds': Asad Rahmani's memoir captures birding legacy

'Living with Birds': Asad Rahmani's memoir captures birding...

Rahmani's most significant contribution has been to bring grassland and savannah...

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'The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto': The tangled story of cryptocurrency's rise

'The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto': The tangled story of cryptocurrency's...

Even in 1999, the notion of a digital currency that bypassed nation-states and financial...

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'My Truth' revives legacy of Narmad, Gujarat's 19 century trailblazer

'My Truth' revives legacy of Narmad, Gujarat's 19 century...

Narmad was, thus, our very own Samuel Johnson, besides being his own James Boswel...

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The Raj below the salt: Devasis Chattopadhyay's book brings history alive

The Raj below the salt: Devasis Chattopadhyay's book brings...

A society's history isn't just about kings and conquerors - it's the people who...

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AI and the human soul: What new books reveal about us and our purpose

AI and the human soul: What new books reveal about us and...

Could AI ever function as a spirit ambulance, shuttling us through the uncanny valleys...

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Amitava Kumar's The Green Book: A professor's ways of seeing the world

Amitava Kumar's The Green Book: A professor's ways of seeing...

People who aspire to write their own book someday might want to take a cue from...

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India's green startups: A promising selection, but a patchy narrative

India's green startups: A promising selection, but a patchy...

One question the authors ask every startup founder in the book is: Imagine your...

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Truths about Savarkar: Arun Shourie's book is not a biography or analysis

Truths about Savarkar: Arun Shourie's book is not a biography...

In an early chapter of his book, indicatively titled "History is Made-Up", veteran...

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Jeffrey Toobin's book explores the dubious history of presidential pardons

Jeffrey Toobin's book explores the dubious history of presidential...

In some ways, Toobin's book is impeccably timed. In December, President Joe Biden...

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Natural allies in the Global South: A deep dive into India-Indonesia ties

Natural allies in the Global South: A deep dive into India-Indonesia...

Unlike the colonial endeavours of European powers, Indian influence in Indonesia...

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The legacy of Gauri Lankesh: A closer look through Rollo Romig's book

The legacy of Gauri Lankesh: A closer look through Rollo...

Using Gauri's murder as starting point, book discusses rising intolerance especially...

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'The Search for India's Rarest Birds' showcases India's rich bird diversity

'The Search for India's Rarest Birds' showcases India's...

The Search for India's Rarest Birds is an extremely interesting read for anyone...

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All or Nothing: Wolff's book offers a rapid-fire take on Trump's return

All or Nothing: Wolff's book offers a rapid-fire take on...

The book is undeniably gripping - a veritable harvest of slime, sycophancy and sleaze...

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The Conscience of the Party: A definitive biography of Hu Yaobang

The Conscience of the Party: A definitive biography of...

The book documents Hu's more accommodating policies towards ethnic minorities, who...

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Lōal Kashmir: Stories of love and longing in a conflict-ridden land

Lōal Kashmir: Stories of love and longing in a conflict-ridden...

Lack of connectivity and communication breakdown is not a novel occurrence in the...