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Page 127 - Book Reviews

Chasing the devi of many things

Book review of 'Devi: The goddesses of India'

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Updated On : 16 Nov 2017 | 11:40 PM IST

John Company conquers Punjab

The First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46 is a detailed account of the five battles that comprised the war

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Updated On : 15 Nov 2017 | 11:23 PM IST

Tech world's gang of four

Book review of 'The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google'

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Updated On : 15 Nov 2017 | 5:00 AM IST

India's great LEP forward

Book review of 'India Turns East'

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Updated On : 13 Nov 2017 | 11:12 PM IST

Isaacson's real Renaissance Man

Book review of 'Leonardo da Vinci'

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Updated On : 12 Nov 2017 | 11:17 PM IST

'Remnants of a Separation' retraces the tragic legacy of Partition

The fluidity of memory is moored with material objects in this book

'Remnants of a Separation' retraces the tragic legacy of Partition
Updated On : 11 Nov 2017 | 2:54 AM IST

A gentler Jack Reacher emerges in Lee Child's latest novel

This book adds its share of classic moments to the Reacher canon

A gentler Jack Reacher emerges in Lee Child's latest novel
Updated On : 10 Nov 2017 | 10:24 PM IST

Bridging the 'Harvard-hard work' gap

Book review of 'Sense and Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone'

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Updated On : 09 Nov 2017 | 11:20 PM IST

The Making of Shatranj Ke Khiladi: The master and the bania

A more comprehensive picture emerges in this book, an accumulation of recollections and letters written and received by the film's producer

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Updated On : 08 Nov 2017 | 11:08 PM IST

A Memoir of Pre-Partition Punjab: The colonial experience

This book covers the period up to 1914

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Updated On : 07 Nov 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

What's to be done about Hindutva

Book review of 'Hindutva Rising'

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Updated On : 06 Nov 2017 | 11:38 PM IST

When democracy dies not in darkness but in dysfunction

Book review of 'Democracy and its crisis'

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2017 | 11:33 PM IST

Upinder Singh's research talks about political violence in ancient India

Author's work credibly establishes myths about pervasive non-violence in the said period

Upinder Singh's research talks about political violence in ancient India
Updated On : 04 Nov 2017 | 1:17 PM IST

What Trump can learn from a Gold Star family

US President's delay in reaching out to the families of American soldiers killed in Niger is a reminder of the controversy involving Khizr Khan

What Trump can learn from a Gold Star family
Updated On : 04 Nov 2017 | 4:02 AM IST

Penguin Fever: Early spring for book lovers

A special edition of Penguin Fever to mark the 30th anniversary of the publisher got some of its best writers together in Delhi

Penguin Fever: Early spring for book lovers
Updated On : 03 Nov 2017 | 10:59 PM IST

Learning the start-up ropes

If 2014 was the year of euphoria, 2016 was time for a reality check, the writers say

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Updated On : 02 Nov 2017 | 11:32 PM IST

Nerds in action

Video games are considerably trickier to produce, minute for minute, than films

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Updated On : 01 Nov 2017 | 10:59 PM IST

A history of getting war wrong

Book review of 'The Future of War: A History'

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2017 | 11:17 PM IST

The case for the Rohingyas

Book review of 'The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide'

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Updated On : 30 Oct 2017 | 11:52 PM IST

Stalin, ideologue and opportunist

Book review of 'Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941'

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Updated On : 30 Oct 2017 | 4:50 AM IST