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'Conspiracy' book review: The fall of a media empire
Conspiracy is the story of how the modern media can be subdued. And that is ironical
A unique copyright war
The book chronicles the extraordinary journey of how Bharati's poems and works were popularised on stage as a run-up to the independence struggle by nationalists and theatre personalities
India through epitaphs
Mr Bedi writes with flair on film stars, and meticulously chronicles their humble beginnings and work in what was then Bombay before gaining success in film
The ascent of malaria
Fever also makes the compelling case that the epidemiology of malaria has historically been rooted in environmental change.
Understanding Netanyahu
If there is a master key to cracking the Bibi code, this insightful and readable book argues, it is his identity as someone who has always stood outside the mainstream
'Reimagining Pakistan' book review: Outpourings of a jaded campaigner
Husain Haqqani's latest book says nothing that other scholars have not said before, nor does he offer a new course for his troubled country
 "'Reimagining Pakistan' book review: Outpourings of a jaded campaigner")
Bridging the optimism gap
The book is well worth reading nonetheless (Bill Gates and Warren Buffett both say they loved it) and the broad theses seems like an excellent antidote to the global pandemic of pessimism
Great thinkers and the 2008 crisis
The burden of the book is to examine how these economists would view the world of today - how they would have reacted to the policies adopted by governments and central banks to deal with the crisis
The hazards of idealism
The Moralist is a fluid account that feels shorter than its 600-plus pages. Despite its length, there isn't a passage that drags or feels superfluous
Travails With The Alien: When Satyajit Ray considered suing Spielberg
A book accounting Satyajit Ray's failed attempts to make a sci-fi film in Hollywood is a poignant reminder of his gullibility when it came to the business practices of the American film world
 "Travails With The Alien: When Satyajit Ray considered suing Spielberg")
An argumentative Indian
This compendium of essays, brought out on the occasion of his 80th birthday, has been penned by authors, philosophers, economists, all of whom have enjoyed 'civic friendships' with Mr Nandy
Bowled over by cricket
It is perhaps this proximity to the players and the establishment that makes Mr Majumdar's narrative less than questioning and more than adulatory
The art of governing in India
It could as well serve a handbook of administrative leadership strategies as much as a primer on problem-solving and decision-making
The walls that Hillary built
Chasing Hillary is the best explanation so far of why that is. Ms Chozick describes Ms Clinton's press shop
In Italy, there was the pope and then there was Enzo Ferrari: Dal Monte
The company's success owes everything to its founder, who was born in 1898, and had little formal education
 "In Italy, there was the pope and then there was Enzo Ferrari: Dal Monte")
The Skull of Alum Bheg: Wagner unfolds chapter of 1857 uprising in Sialkot
The skull of Alum Bheg should perhaps stay in England to remind 'civilised' Englishmen how their forefathers dealt with recalcitrant colonial subjects
 "The Skull of Alum Bheg: Wagner unfolds chapter of 1857 uprising in Sialkot")
'Pakistan under Siege' book review: Paranoia as state policy
Based on the state promotion of "Pakistan Studies" as a compulsory subject, successive generations of students have acquired the most distorted views of their faith
Reinventing the HR wheel
The G3 is the first of seven steps this "playbook" outlines
'The RTI Story' book review: Truth may never prevail
After her monumental efforts, Ms Roy leaves the reader befuddled by ending her book with a two-worded question
'On Grand Strategy' book review: How to wage war
Ten lively essays proceed in chronological order from King Xerxes' invasion of Greece to Isaiah Berlin's thoughts on World War II and the Cold War