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Page 127 - Book Reviews

How May I Help You? - Bridging chasm among world views of Indian elite

When Singh first started working as a salesman in the US, he was ashamed of the fall in status this signalled

How May I Help You? - Bridging chasm among world views of Indian elite
Updated On : 23 Dec 2017 | 3:41 AM IST
An account of surviving assault mixes horror and humour
Updated On : 22 Dec 2017 | 10:42 PM IST

The only Christmas book

Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol just about at the time that the Victorians were inventing Christmas

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2017 | 11:48 PM IST

Humans and dehumanisation

Book review of The Origin of Others

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

Testimony of an Islamic State slave

Book review of 'The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight against the Islamic State'

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2017 | 11:03 PM IST

The 4IRs of progress

Book review of 'Kranti Nation: India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution'

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

The ransom business

Book review of 'The Trade: My Journey Into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping'

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2017 | 10:50 PM IST

How Tamil writer Perumal Murugan was resurrected by poetry

Perumal Murugan declared himself dead following the controversy over his novel One Part Woman

How Tamil writer Perumal Murugan was resurrected by poetry
Updated On : 16 Dec 2017 | 4:34 AM IST

Spectre of the deep state

Book review of 'The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton'

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Updated On : 14 Dec 2017 | 11:05 PM IST

From Kafa to coffee

Book review of 'Where the Wild Coffee Grows'

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Updated On : 13 Dec 2017 | 10:57 PM IST

The fall and rise of Asia

Book review of 'Asia Reborn: A Continent Rises from the Ravages of Colonialism and War to a New Dynamism'

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Updated On : 12 Dec 2017 | 10:43 PM IST

Chronicle of a high flier

Book review of 'Flying High: My Story from AirAsia to QPR'

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Updated On : 11 Dec 2017 | 11:30 PM IST

The fine art of leaning in

Book review of 'Women & Power'

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Updated On : 10 Dec 2017 | 11:12 PM IST

Decoding innovation

Book reviews of 'A Biography of Innovations: From Birth to Maturity' and 'India as a Pioneer of Innovation'

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Updated On : 07 Dec 2017 | 11:06 PM IST

J&K: Dispute without end

Book review of Destined to Fight? India and Pakistan (1990-2017)

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Updated On : 06 Dec 2017 | 11:32 PM IST

Why don't Indians write political thrillers?

In India, despite its history of two of the most magnificent political thrillers - Ramayana and Mahabharata - this is not a favoured genre, at least not in English

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2017 | 11:37 PM IST

A history of humanity, told through genetics

Book review of 'A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived'

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Updated On : 03 Dec 2017 | 11:21 PM IST

India-Afghanistan beyond the Durand Line

A rare account of India's complex relationship with Afghanistan suffers from an awkward theoretical framework

India-Afghanistan beyond the Durand Line
Updated On : 02 Dec 2017 | 2:25 AM IST

Treasure trove: Book lovers are leaving behind novels for perfect strangers

The Book Fairies have put out over 1,000 books across India since they started in March

Treasure trove: Book lovers are leaving behind novels for perfect strangers
Updated On : 01 Dec 2017 | 11:46 PM IST

The story of how surgeons cleaned up their act

Book review of 'The Butchering Art'

The story of how surgeons cleaned up their act
Updated On : 01 Dec 2017 | 10:32 PM IST