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Book review: Vikram Seth uses tech to enhance rhythm in Hanuman Chalisa

The short poem, running into just about 100 pages, has been translated with a lot of care and sensitivity keeping in mind what should make the poem more accessible to the readers

This Salman Khan book shows how AI can transform education systems globally

'Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)', by Khan Academy founder, is a valuable read for those puzzling over AI's role in education and society at large

India's China conflict and a JP angle in championing the 'Free Tibet' cause

In 'Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy', Sulmaan Wasif Khan writes about China's occupation of Tibet in 1950 and its attempts at assimilating an unfamiliar territory peopled by a strange mix of ethnicities

This book tells you about millennials' attitudes towards nearly everything

A M Gautam's 'Indian Millennials: Who Are They, Really?' deconstructs millennials by studying their behaviours towards body, food, culture, religion, spirituality, ideology, technology, and internet

Book Review: Some lessons in fighting brand crises from the marketplace

In their book 'Managing Brand Transgressions: 8 Principles to Transform Your Brand', S P Jain and S S Jain attempt to draw the right lessons that are to be learnt from brand challenges

'Who were the Nazis?': This book asks key questions about men behind Hitler

Richard J Evans' 'Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich' is being justifiably lauded for its elegance and scope

Between Nakba and Shoah

'Israel has become its own ghetto, where Jews are less safe than Diaspora Jews,' says Kai Bird in his thought-provoking new memoir that leaves readers with much to think about

Just another brick in the wall

Through the eyes of Syeda, journalist Neha Dixit traces India's story, particularly Delhi's, over the last three decades-covering hot-button issues like gau rakshaks, corruption, CAA, and more

The contours of displacement

A collection of essays intricately weaves the stories of a Kashmiri family and their exodus from the Valley

Nate Silver's odds for the future

Risk-takers will dominate our casino-like economy, but most are destined to lose, argues statistician and election modeller Nate Silver in his new book

The Raj and Hajj management

This is an outstanding contribution to a complex and under-researched aspect of imperialist rule as it was shaped in a specific area of colonial hegemony

Mixed feelings about identity

In Both, Not Half explores the diverse facets of mixed identity, going beyond individual experiences

The Indo-Japanese imperative

Packed with compelling anecdotes, data, and insights, Rajaram Panda's book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Indo-Japanese relations

The rights of the Nicobar forests

A collection of essays is a timely attempt at ringing alarm bells over the proposed project port project in the ecologically fragile Galathea Bay of Nicobar island

Anatomy of a massacre

The Damascus Events is a fascinating narrative of the interplay between geopolitical, social, economic, and technological transformations that culminated in two catastrophic wars of the 20th century

How the alt-right became mainstream

Reeve's reporting begins around 2013, but the internet culture she depicts starts at least a decade earlier

The 'compassion' revolution

Two Nobel laureates present a compelling case for compassion, highlighting its benefits for health, well-being, and longevity

Outsiders in the mainstream

Michiko Kakutani's book dips into some compelling cases of outsiders driving change in the world

The rigours of resistance

In a milieu where civil society is demonised by the power establishment, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia's book is a successful attempt at humanising the dehumanised

The origins of India's Islamophobia

Mujibur Rehman's book offers a comprehensive overview of the background, existence, and dilemmas of being a Muslim in today's India