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India's race to militarise space
Book review of Final Frontier: India and Space Security
 "India's race to militarise space")
Beyond the idea of 'Pure'
Throughout the book, Mr Fuchs does not fall prey to the temptation to create a black and white binary regarding Shi'is and Sunnis
 "Beyond the idea of 'Pure'")
A radical reset for the Indian economy
Reset, thus, is not much of a reset as much as setting of the lines of sound policies for the govt to adopt, once the extravagant bits are edited out
 "A radical reset for the Indian economy")
Hero worship
Book review of The Making of Hero Four Brothers, Two Wheels and a Revolution that Shaped India
 "Hero worship")
A history of a relatively neglected arm of the Indian armed forces
Nair shouldn't have used the WWII sub-title to define and limit his narrative
 "A history of a relatively neglected arm of the Indian armed forces")
'Republic of Religion': How the Constituent Assembly debated religion
How did the Constituent Assembly debate the question of religion? Abhinav Chandrachud examines in his new book
 "'Republic of Religion': How the Constituent Assembly debated religion")
English's pronoun problem is centuries old
Language works as a dynamic democracy, not as rule by experts.
 "English's pronoun problem is centuries old")
The British extortionist who built Bombay
Book review of The Arthur Crawford Scandal: Corruption, Governance and Indian Victims
 "The British extortionist who built Bombay")
Small powerhouses
Book review of Too Small to Fail: Why Some Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones And How They Are Reshaping The World
 "Small powerhouses")
Inside a VC's world
The book is an easy read if you are interested in an insider's perspective of the venture capital and start-up space in India
 "Inside a VC's world")
A man who knew too much
Samanth Subramanian does a pretty good job of chronicling the science and the insanity
 "A man who knew too much")
Right-wing book publishing is asserting itself in no uncertain terms
We are not linked to Hindu religion, but nationalism. Ninety per cent of the freedom movement was composed of Hindus, says Padmesh Dutt, owner, Hindu Sahitya Sadan
 "Right-wing book publishing is asserting itself in no uncertain terms")
China's sister act
This latest offering, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister, could be considered a complement to Wild Swans
 "China's sister act")
The Trump effect
India is a major power that has been considerably affected by President Trump's domestic and foreign policies
 "The Trump effect")
The best of 2019 from a voracious and eclectic reader's bookshelf
Though the author of Hindutva, savarkar was "hardly a practicing Hindu in the religious sense"
 "The best of 2019 from a voracious and eclectic reader's bookshelf")
Values and realpolitik
Seen through a wider lens, foreign policy values will be contextual
 "Values and realpolitik")
The culture challenge
In it the author dissects the techniques leaders-both modern-day and historical-have employed to achieve this goal
 "The culture challenge")
Doing business in China
It is a remarkable story for the business press in India that reaches reflexively towards the few wellknown stories of Dr Reddy's or Sun Pharma and Tata Motors whenever China is mentioned
 "Doing business in China")
Behind the guitar heroes
Lester Polsfuss, aka Les Paul, was a world-class guitarist and self-promoting showman who was also a technological visionary, fascinated by electronics and studio production.
 "Behind the guitar heroes")
Trump, 'stable genius'
It reads like a horror story, an almost comic immorality tale
 "Trump, 'stable genius'")