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The playing fields of India
India's sporting history isn't filled with triumph but by examining the issue from a wider socio-economic context, Ronojoy Sen has written a compelling narrative
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Agatha Christie's venomous world
This book talks about a writer who was scarily precise in her depiction of crimes, criminals and their modus operandi
Garry Kasparov blames the West for Putinism
Garry Kasparov, the great Russian chess grandmaster who has become a fierce Putin opponent, offers a mirror image of this theme
Nandan Nilekani's recipe for a start-up government
Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah's Rebooting India uses their experience at UIDAI to argue for technological solutions they claim will revitalise India
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Lunch with BS: Yuval Noah Harari
The Israeli professor of history talks to Niraj Bhatt about the rise and dominance of humans through history
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The highs and lows of Oliver Sacks
The book starts with a teenager studying medicine in England. It samples interesting moments in his life all the way till 2015
'FSLRC's assault on the RBI'
For the past 70 years US foreign policy has been driven by two major imperatives: gaining market access and non-proliferation
Seizing Shangri-La
In recounting the power play that led to the absorption of Sikkim into the Indian union, the author's bias towards the deposed king is straightforward
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How India will plod to prosperity
In his book, Mr Ninan summons his encyclopedic knowledge of the Indian scene to present a rich panorama, through which he explains how India has reached where it has today and where it might be headed
The frenemies of Bihar
The relation (friendship and enmity) to which the BJP refers to in the hoarding is well-known - that between Mr Kumar and former chief minister Lalu Prasad
Piyush Pandey on Modi's run to 7 Race Course
BJP's winning Lok Sabha campaign relied on simple, direct language to strike a chord with voters. In his new book, the advertising guru explains how it took shape
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