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Faith-based felon
Anurag Tripathi attempts to lift the lid off such heinous misdemeanours in a baldly titled new book, Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim: A Decade-Long Investigation
Putin vs the US 'reset'
In the wake of Russia's 2008 war with Georgia, the Obama administration attempted to reboot relations with the Kremlin
The man who dressed Mick Jagger
The Nutters suit, unlike others on the Row, was cut for flash: tight-waisted and small-chested to emphasise the body
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How India wastes away
Readers might get a faint hint of a stink in their argument linking India's problem of waste to the caste system alone
A prince in Bollywood
If Burman's music endures, it is because he was clear that his music should resonate with the common man
A chronicle of banking reform
The book briefly looks at the years before the period of economic liberalisation, understanding the need for nationalisation, defining the social objectives that the state-owned banks were serving
Are more and more people working meaningless jobs?
Graeber does not claim to know which jobs are useless and which are not; instead he asks workers to weigh in on that themselves
Neither East nor West: An Iranian rhapsody
Ayatollah Khomeini's ominous words for his country - 'neither East nor West' - turn into altogether less sinister in Ms Pryce's humour-filled telling
Countering the 'rage of Islam' theories
The book is an enlightened condensation of Islamic history and philosophy for those seeking a perspective on the conundrum in which many Muslims find themselves today
The India-Pakistan conundrum
Two macro-facts that the author highlights are, however, relevant for an understanding of continuing hostilities between the two nations in spite of negotiations for peace.
What would Shakespeare have made of Trump?
We learn not simply what Trump tells us about Shakespeare but what Shakespeare tells us about Trump
Jairam Ramesh's book 'Intertwined Lives' on bank nationalisation
Political compulsions may have prompted Indira Gandhi's fateful decision to nationalise banks but it was her Principal Secretary P N Haksar who choreographed the policy
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The rise and rise of East India Company
The most fascinating chapter of this book is the Company's response to the Amboyna massacre
Why Trump voters supported Trump
Book review of The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics
'Jesus in Asia' explains the interpretations of Christianity in continent
His disciples travelled through the lands bordering the Mediterranean through the first century, venturing to Asia Minor and North Africa
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The world in an arc
The book might appear to lack unity of purpose, but the comprehensive collection of pieces definitely opens a window to a wider horizon
Battles in the wilderness
Book review of Second Nature: Saving Tiger Landscapes in the Twenty-first Century
Exotica in Pakistan
Book review of Travels in a Dervish Cloak: Adventures in Pakistan
Democracy and its discontents
Growing research shows democracy is "deconsolidating" - i.e. more and more people, especially the young, do not look at democracy in a favourable light
Inside Obama's White House
Mr Obama's willingness to be honest about the West's imperial past led conservative critics to accuse him of conducting an "apology tour," a meretricious dodge