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Film review: Angrezi Medium is good for more than a few laughs
Angrezi Medium chronicles the misadventures of two bumbling men, writes Veer Arjun Singh.
 "Film review: Angrezi Medium is good for more than a few laughs")
A question of answers
Book review of All the Wrong Turns: Perspectives on the Indian Economy
 "A question of answers")
The SEAL franchise
Book review of Leadership Strategy And Tactics Field Manual
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Get the basics right
Book review of Radical simplicity: How simplicity transformed a loss-making mega brand into a world-class performer
 "Get the basics right")
Harmonic nationalism
For Gandhi, music created spiritual and ethical publics
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Capitalism reconsidered
Book review of CAPITAL AND IDEOLOGY
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Hilary Mantel's new novel brings Thomas Cromwell across the finish line
The Mirror and the Light is the triumphant capstone to Mantel's trilogy on Thomas Cromwell
 "Hilary Mantel's new novel brings Thomas Cromwell across the finish line")
Review: Bahawalpur tells the history of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan
An account of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan offers a useful way to understand tensions within Pakistani society in shaping its history
 "Review: Bahawalpur tells the history of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan")
Forgotten hero
Book review of Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi
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An RSS Dalit's awakening
Book review of I Could Not Be a Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS
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The thrill of the chase
Book review of BITING the BULLET: Memoirs of a Police Officer
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Out of alignment
India is careful not to let its closer ties with the US sour its relationships with China and Russia.
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Understanding the Dalai Lama
The author also reveals the Dalai Lama to be a sophisticated thinker and consummate scholar, one whose feet remain firmly on the ground, a trait often obscured by his broken English
 "Understanding the Dalai Lama")
Arrested development
People of Chinese origin who were living in Kolkata and other towns in Bengal and Assam, whose ancestors had migrated to India in search of better opportunities, were put in internment camps in 1962.
 "Arrested development")
A forgotten war
The book is about the twin skirmishes between India and China at Nathu La and Cho La in September 1967, battles that have been relegated to the back alleys of India's military history.
 "A forgotten war")
Nuclear deterrence & dilemmas
The book acts as a sequel-of-sorts to Mr Kaplan's first book, Wizards of Armageddon, which outlined the intellectual history behind nuclear strategy.
 "Nuclear deterrence & dilemmas")
Wanted: Plain tales from the government
Hardly a month goes by without some prominent former member of the second rung of government - the first rung is the ministers - sallying forth in a quiet baritone
 "Wanted: Plain tales from the government")
Diversity doctrines
The book has been roundly discredited on moral, political, and scientific grounds.
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Arun Jaitley's selected writings reveal NDA's war against corruption
No society can indefinitely sustain a system where income earners consider tax evasion to be a way of life
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia's new book uncovers India's 'Backstage' story
Montek Singh Ahluwalia's book should be read by those who want to understand the past and those responsible for planning our future, says Nitin Desai
 "Montek Singh Ahluwalia's new book uncovers India's 'Backstage' story")