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A magical insight into the world of Indian jadoo

Shuma Raha - 30 September, 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 - 16 September, 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 - 9 September, 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 - 2 September, 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 - 26 August, 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 - 19 August, 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 - 12 August, 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 - 12 August, 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.