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A magical insight into the world of Indian jadoo

Shuma Raha - September 30, 2018

How Facebook destroys privacy, undermines democracy & helps raise a surveillance state

What we’re seeing under Narendra Modi is Hindutva 2.0

A breath of fresh air in studying Indo-Pak nuclear crisis management

India played US-versus-Soviets to get development aid, but gave up state power

Sadhana Singh - September 16, 2018

The Price of Aid by David C. Engerman is a fascinating account of how the economic cold war shaped the first 25 years of independent India.

Arshia Sattar takes Hindu mythology beyond an Amar Chitra Katha-type narrative

Bibek Debroy - September 9, 2018

Her wonderful writing and Ishan Trivedi’s colourful illustrations make ‘Garuda & the Serpents’ come alive for children as well as adults.

Madeleine Albright’s warning about fascism draws on simplistic analogies

Sabah Gurmat - September 2, 2018

Former US Secy of State sidesteps historically rooted definition and examination of fascism in her book, which doesn’t offer compelling arguments. In 1939, Madeleine Albright the...

How the nexus of business and state gave birth to the East India Company

Biswajit Nag - August 26, 2018

Rupali Mishra’s new book describes how licencing, permits, rights etc. fetched gains for people close to power.

From Mao to Xi, a peep into the minds of China’s great strategists

Veda Vaidyanathan - August 19, 2018

Sulmaan Wasif Khan’s ‘Haunted by Chaos’ tells the story of how China’s leaders shaped its destiny through their distinct ideologies, traumatic pasts and disparate visions.

For espionage buffs, ex-Raw chief Vikram Sood’s ‘The Unending Game’ is a fascinating read

Sandip Ghose - August 12, 2018

The book is neither a memoir nor an insider’s account of the organisation. It's more of a primer, written by that rare intellectual among...

Young Muslim women fight to control their own stories in Ghazala Jamil’s new book

Arpita Phukan Biswas - August 12, 2018

In 'Muslim Women Speak: Of Dreams and Shackles', activist-scholar Jamil tries to find these women's real voices, instead of just presenting them as victims.

Devil’s advocate Karan Thapar fails to acquit himself

Rajgopal Singh - August 5, 2018

In his rather salacious memoir, the journalist doesn't offer a nuanced perspective about the personalities and events that shaped India.

Chidanand Rajghatta’s book combines memories of Gauri Lankesh with cultural controversies

Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi - July 15, 2018

‘Illiberal India’ is an eminently readable narrative, and is as close to a biography of Gauri as there is likely to be in English.

Evil in the Mahabharata deserves a book. This one is not it

Bibek Debroy - June 24, 2018

US-based professor Meena Arora Nayak’s take on the epic seems to push an agenda. Readers ought to rather read the original text.

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Afterword

A magical insight into the world of Indian jadoo

How Facebook destroys privacy, undermines democracy & helps raise a surveillance state

What we’re seeing under Narendra Modi is Hindutva 2.0

A breath of fresh air in studying Indo-Pak nuclear crisis management

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Badshah’s ‘Teteeree’ shows what is wrong with Bollywood’s ‘brand of creativity’

China’s economic model that fuelled its rise is running out of steam

Dhurandhar success made Aditya Dhar unpopular. Wife Yami Gautam is also being snubbed

Economy

Centre invokes Essential Commodities Act to regulate gas supply as Iran and US-Israel conflict rages on

Defence

India and Indonesia finalise BrahMos deal, contract to be signed early next fiscal

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

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