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Hinduism and the Hindu Rashtra
The book raises the broad question: If India is a Hindu Rashtra, in which religion and politics overlap, then what is Hinduism?
Why Islam is not 'exceptional'
Shadi Hamid's analysis points to a fundamental misreading of the history and politics of West Asia
 "Why Islam is not 'exceptional'")
Mysteries of Rekha's mystique
Yasser Usman's appraisal of the actor's life and work remains entangled in familiar anecdotes
Icebergs in the start-up ocean
Among the more prominent start-ups, the book has devoted many chapters to Kunal Bahl and Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Lunch with BS: Srinath Raghavan
The infantry officer turned academic discusses with Kanika Datta why the Indian Army's role in the world wars is under-studied and the importance of scrapping AFSPA
 "Lunch with BS: Srinath Raghavan")
From perestroika to Putin
What was life really like for ordinary Russians who lived through the fall of the Soviet Union to the rise of Vladimir Putin? A Nobel prize-winning journalist offers some uncomfortable answers
 "From perestroika to Putin")
Good non-fiction, finally
Why aren't more professors and academics writing more readable books on history, politics, diplomacy, economic or current affairs? That's because Indian academia suffers an acute deficiency of origina
One night in 1987
Muzaffarnagar is a shameful episode but it is, sadly, not the worst communal carnage since 1947
A wondrous tale of India
The best-selling story of a rollicking French adventurer during the Sepoy Mutiny captures one of the many ideas of India in an English translation 149 years after it was first published
 "A wondrous tale of India")