Book Review
Forgotten Heroes of Indian Science: Discoveries that shaped global health
They lived under British rule, struggled to overcome racial barriers, and contended with inadequate resources, yet left the world healthier through their groundbreaking discoveries
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The Emergency revisited: What it still tells us about power in India
Despite all the pledges that an Emergency will never happen again, this book asks whether India is worse off today than it was when fundamental rights were suspended
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The Echo Machine: Why democracy depends on citizens, not perfect leaders
Democracy's survival does not hinge on perfect leaders or policies, but on cultivating citizens who can tell the difference between what their feeds confirm and what evidence actually supports
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The Land Trap: How land, real estate investment can destabilise the economy
Mr Bird's book is an interesting contribution to understanding why land continues to occupy such a role in modern economies and the trajectories of nations
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Vasili Mitrokhin, the lowly clerk who tried to bring down the mighty KGB
Vasili Mitrokhin's lonely defiance inside the KGB reveals how a rotting security state hastened the Soviet collapse - and how its ghosts still haunt Russia today
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The Outsider: Vir Das, laughter and an Indian voice on the world stage
A sharp, funny and deeply personal memoir, The Outsider traces how Vir Das's life across continents shaped the voice of India's most global stand-up comic
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The Edge of the Empire: Edward Wong's book on journeys in Chinese imperium
The personal story of a father and son provides insights into Chinese society, politics, and geopolitics, showing how the impulse to control and expand the Chinese empire is stronger than ever today
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The Great Revival: A book that captures the CG Power turnaround story
How an out-of-the-box approach helped the company come back from bankruptcy
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Diplomatic doublethink
Shadi Hamid's argument for a world with the US as the sole hegemon is more confused than convincing
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Surviving Climate Anxiety: A manifesto for flourishing in climate change
Guilt-driven environmentalism that favours moral absolutism and blames individuals for inaction on climate issues is the wrong approach to climate action
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Destructive potential of sentient AI
AI is still not intelligent in the human sense, but fears of a superintelligent threat to humanity are not misplaced
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American Reich explores the culture of hate in US' far-right groups
Eric Lichtblau's American Reich traces the murder of Blaze Bernstein to the wider, chilling rise of neo-Nazi violence and white supremacy in contemporary America
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The living mountains: Anuradha Roy's intimate portrait of life in the hills
Anuradha Roy's Called by the Hills is a luminous, reflective memoir of building a life in the Himalayas-where gardens, memories and ecology quietly intertwine
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Economica: How women shaped the economy long before history sidelined them
The book is interested in not just the stories of the women who amassed immense wealth and wielded great power, but those whose quiet labour laid the building blocks of history
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Revolting: How Terry Deary retells history through revolt and irony
By revisiting lesser-known rebellions and forgotten episodes, Revolting takes readers on a tour of the world
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Click Here: A timely reminder that marketing fundamentals are not outdated
In the ever-changing digital world, Click Here offers a refresher course that should be again and again to stay up to speed on the subject
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What histories of Islamic-world slavery get right, and what they miss
A probing review of Captives and Companions reveals how slavery's long legacy in the Middle East shapes language, race, and memory - and how history itself becomes contested terrain
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The Railways as social contract: What Amitava Kumar's book reveals
Slim, at just 130 pages, the book might be a bit of a disappointment for readers looking for an in-depth account of the history and socio-economic aspects of the Indian Railways
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Camus in his own words: Discipline, doubt, and the limits of intimacy
Camus's notebooks, which run from 1935 to 1959 contain almost nothing about his friends or his family, his experiences during wartime or much about his personal life
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The Battle of Narnaul: Re-examining the 1857 rebellion and selective memory
The book is an invitation to rediscover a moment of defiance and to shed light on forgotten heroes whose sacrifice deserves recognition
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