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Finding Radha: A collection of essays filters her story via multiple lenses
Radha is not worshipped out of fear, nor does she have the power to redeem sinners or bestow boons
 "Finding Radha: A collection of essays filters her story via multiple lenses")
Paradoxes of progress
Review of the book - War or Peace: The Struggle For World Power
 "Paradoxes of progress")
Contestations over statism
This book is an assessment of the evolution of India's political parties since independence
 "Contestations over statism")
Mysteries of mystery writing
Ms Massey's book was at the very top of a huge pile of discards
 "Mysteries of mystery writing")
A problem called Israel
The heart of The Lions' Den is a series of individual portraits of iconic, midcentury left-wing thinkers who wrote extensively on the idea and reality of Jewish statehood
 "A problem called Israel")
People and the planet
Mr Morland offers remarkable insights - albeit entirely from the demographic perspective - into the progress of human society over the past two hundred years
 "People and the planet")
Taming India's waters
Sunil Amrith has spent eight years chatting with Tamil fishermen and internationally-known meteorologists and traversing dusty British archives as well as the sub-continent to research this book
 "Taming India's waters")
Mother Teresa or Dr Faustus?
Mr Gupta says his fateful September call to Mr Rajratnam, which was in a gap in a busy schedule, was about the money he was owed. Why would he tip off someone with whom he had an ongoing dispute?
 "Mother Teresa or Dr Faustus?")
Inspiration sans instruction
Is the book instructive? Well, maybe not so much. It states the obvious in a charming way, an approach that can inspire, but cannot instruct
 "Inspiration sans instruction")
The club that fuelled culture
Neither fame nor public position was required, and yet a surprising number of these friends would rise to lasting greatness.
 "The club that fuelled culture")
Decoding Tamil Nadu
With this book, Dr Venkatachalapathy has sought to make the state more accessible to outsiders who may be intrigued by the state, its politics, its culture and art
 "Decoding Tamil Nadu")
Corporate titans and their feet of clay
The strategic course a CEO adopts could prove to be the right one in the long run. But boards have limited patience. If results are not forthcoming in the short to medium term, they sack the CEO
 "Corporate titans and their feet of clay")
Decrypting the ballot
The book compels readers to question everything they know about elections
 "Decrypting the ballot")
EU's single-currency disaster
What does the future hold for the eurozone?
 "EU's single-currency disaster")
Unravelling the Putin enigma
The book's usefulness is marred by maddening small errors
 "Unravelling the Putin enigma")
A power-packed game, Ultimate Frisbee puts patience and integrity first
In a world obsessed with contact sports, ultimate stands out for its 'no-contact' and 'no-referee' policies
 "A power-packed game, Ultimate Frisbee puts patience and integrity first")
Reshaping India's fiscal architecture
Another critical but often neglected issue in India's fiscal debates is that of the phenomenal rise in the share of cesses and surcharged levied in the recent past
 "Reshaping India's fiscal architecture")
Distorted criticisms on GST
The author's favourite theory is that black money cannot be removed by the GST
 "Distorted criticisms on GST")
Blaming the messenger
Mr McNamee is right that a 15-year-old company got this powerful because it learnt how to get under the skin of its users
 "Blaming the messenger")
The prosecutor doesn't rest
Mr Bharara, who enjoyed a high profile and (mostly) favourable press attention during his tenure from 2009 to 2017, does not show a lot of leg in this book, nor does he settle many scores
 "The prosecutor doesn't rest")