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Book Review: 'Development and Taxation' deconstructs public finance

Comments in the book, written in BS over two decades, reveal Dr Shome's expertise in public finance

Plain tales and the hills

'Things to Leave Behind' continues through the decades to come, telling various stories

RBI's missing links

The objective of the book is to make RBI 'easily accessible to the lay reader'

A new rule book for the Great Game

'The Chessboard and the Web' is meant as a guide for foreign policy in this new world

Did Jinnah's tumultuous marriage shape his political choices?

An account of tumultuous marriage of Pakistan's founder provides pointers to his political choices

Judicious review of Indian jurisprudence

The book takes us to the foundations of ancient Indian society and ancient court systems

The Raj in high places

The British created these Little Englands replete with its absurdities of class and ritual

The network effects

Descriptions of superhubs are more often condensed into a few pages

Tracks of history

Every Indian seems to have at least one romantic railway memory

The story of the Libor scam

In The Spider Network, David Enrich tackles conspiracy among a small group of Wall Street traders

Masters class

The book celebrating Tiger Woods' first Masters win is a departure from his treacherous past

Ideas of Hinduism

Book review: Hinduism in India

Reorienting the welfare state

The UBI has acquired increasing acceptance in policy circles as a tool to curb poverty

Universal truths

This book stitches together a history of physics from Newton to Einstein

Through colonial lenses

The Last Mughal exposed a serious weakness amongst Indian historians

Portrait of a thin-skinned president

Book review of Richard Nixon: The Life

RBI Lost in transmission

After nationalisation, RBI lost control of interest rate transmission mechanism

Unwelcome guests

Deepak Unnikrishnan's novel-in-stories narrates a series of metamorphoses

Demolishing notebandi, brick by brick

The book has a detailed, unbiased analysis of the design as well as the impact of demonetisation

The quintuple Indian spy

It throws light on World War II, Indian freedom struggle and communist movement