Page 83 - Book Reviews
A Gandhian 'romance': Setting the record straight
Book review of Lost Letters and Feminist Histories: The Political Friendship of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
 "A Gandhian 'romance': Setting the record straight")
A most misunderstood PM
Book review of Chandra Shekhar and the Six Months that Saved India
 "A most misunderstood PM")
Nature calls
Book review of Every Creature Has a Story: What Science Reveals about Animal Behaviour
 "Nature calls")
Money for nothing
Book review of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy
 "Money for nothing")
Before Google and Facebook
Book review of If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
 "Before Google and Facebook")
Luka Modric's riveting autobiography, like him, covers a lot of ground
Expectedly, the book lifts when Modric talks about Croatia's World Cup adventure, the crippling disappointment of which is evident in Modric's writing
 "Luka Modric's riveting autobiography, like him, covers a lot of ground")
The art of coping with rejection
Book review of Spring: Bouncing Back From Rejection
 "The art of coping with rejection")
Beyond the boundaries
Book review of Breaking Through: A Memoir
 "Beyond the boundaries")
The future of energy
Book review of THE NEW MAP: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
 "The future of energy")
A troll in so many words
Tharoorosaurus is a collection of 53 short essays, each of which covers the meaning of a specific word, gives an example of its usage, traces the etymology behind it, and provides anecdotes
 "A troll in so many words")
Into the heart of Israeli occupation
Palestinians justifiably feel betrayed not only by the international community, including the United Nations, but also by their Arab allies for doing little beyond paying lip service to their cause
The many faces of populism
Book review of I Am the People
 "The many faces of populism")
Of human bondage
It is such detailed work on forced labour that could have been significant
 "Of human bondage")
Donald Trump's dystopian universe
The Mr Trump that emerges in Rage is impetuous and self-aggrandising - in other words, immediately recognisable to anyone paying even the minimal amount of attention
 "Donald Trump's dystopian universe")
Discourse power 'with Chinese characteristics'
Book review of Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World
 "Discourse power 'with Chinese characteristics'")
Fitness for upward mobility
A workout for your brain, Muscular India exhorts readers to confront the myth of progress and the malaise of middle-class India
 "Fitness for upward mobility")
Instagram, a cautionary tale
The key protagonist of this story is Kevin Systrom, a Stanford graduate, who built a mobile website called Burbn in 2009
 "Instagram, a cautionary tale")
India: From self-important to important
The one area where the book doesn't say as much as it could have is on digital sovereignty - and that's my gripe
 "India: From self-important to important")
Silence of the city: A visual story of Delhi in time of Covid-19 pandemic
A book by Parul Sharma creates a visual story of Delhi in the time of a pandemic
 "Silence of the city: A visual story of Delhi in time of Covid-19 pandemic")
A banker's eye view of rural India
Rural India accounts for about half of all consumption. This makes it imperative for companies wishing to establish a foothold in this market to understand the dynamics of the rural economy
 "A banker's eye view of rural India")