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Page 135 - Book Reviews

Novel of utmost power

Book review of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'

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Updated On : 31 May 2017 | 4:07 AM IST

Arundhati Roy's second novel is a powerful elegy for a bulldozed world

Nilanjana S Roy reviews The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy's second novel is a powerful elegy for a bulldozed world
Updated On : 30 May 2017 | 1:48 PM IST

Kautilya's legacies

Book review of 'Kautilya's Arathashastra: An Intellectual Portrait'

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Updated On : 29 May 2017 | 11:04 PM IST

Crude truths in the Gulf of Mexico

Book review of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

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Updated On : 28 May 2017 | 11:04 PM IST

First movers of globalisation: 10 people who made the world smaller

A thought-provoking even if debatable analysis of the story of globalisation

First movers of globalisation: 10 people who made the world smaller
Updated On : 26 May 2017 | 10:25 PM IST

The rise of the random 'superfan'

The book should find its way into marketing courses to help prospective MBAs

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Updated On : 26 May 2017 | 2:18 AM IST

Famous prisoners' stories

Book review of 'Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India's Most Famous'

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Updated On : 24 May 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

Divorce in the time of patriarchy

Book review of 'Intimacy Undone: Marriage, Divorce and Family Law in India'

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Updated On : 23 May 2017 | 10:42 PM IST

British 'values' or Muslim phobia?

Book review of 'The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain'

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Updated On : 22 May 2017 | 10:42 PM IST

When politics goes berserk

Book review of 'A Visit to Haldeman and Other States of Mind'

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Updated On : 21 May 2017 | 10:34 PM IST

A few God Men

Arun Shourie cogently dissects the 'mystical' experiences of the Paramhansa and the Maharshi

A few God Men
Updated On : 19 May 2017 | 11:52 PM IST

The essential Ambedkar

Book review of 'Ambedkar: The Attendant Details'

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Updated On : 19 May 2017 | 4:36 AM IST

The scientist in her labyrinths

Jahren examines plants and soil and rocks and deduces the complicated chemical history of botany

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Updated On : 16 May 2017 | 11:02 PM IST

Islam versus democracy

Fazzur Rahman Siddiqui, the author of this book, has focused attention on 'political Islam'

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Updated On : 15 May 2017 | 11:16 PM IST

The first Trumpist

Book review of Nixon's White House Wars

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Updated On : 15 May 2017 | 4:02 AM IST

Book review: Hero - A biography of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Hero is a collection of pleasing remembrances that admirably explores all things Sachin Tendulkar

Book review: Hero - A biography of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Updated On : 12 May 2017 | 10:54 PM IST

A Dean's five questions

Ryan spoke about the five questions that all of us must focus on to lead more fulfilling lives

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Updated On : 11 May 2017 | 10:42 PM IST

Yoga guru's positioning powers

2 sections stand out in otherwise unimaginative narrative are Power and Politics, Bend it Like Baba

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Updated On : 10 May 2017 | 10:40 PM IST

Hemingway, the spy

Book review of Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy

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Updated On : 10 May 2017 | 6:32 PM IST

When size matters

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, story books have also become fatter

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Updated On : 08 May 2017 | 11:30 PM IST