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Ghost-Eye: Amitav Ghosh's book on rebirth, regeneration and cycles of life
We are lucky that Ghosh continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful
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Furious Minds: The MAGA intellectuals and the rise of extremist ideas
How ideas that used to be the arcane obsessions of nerdy young men and buttoned-up tenured professors have become 'an engine and accelerant' for extremism
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Malala's coming-of-age memoir offers an unfiltered glimpse into her life
With wisecracks, misadventures, and tales of first love, Malala Yousafzai takes charge of her own story, offering the world an unfiltered glimpse into her life
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Pax Americana: Why the world needs the US to stay true to its ideals
The world needs an America worthy of its ideals, because the alternative could be brutal authoritarianism
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Cult building in black and white: How chess became one man's redemption
The book deals in detail with one of the most infamous cheating scandals, with its account of the Hans Niemann - Magnus Carlsen face off in 2022, seen from the perspective of Rensch and Chess.com
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The Serpent's Tale: A book on Kundalini Yoga's texts and institutions
In its original avatar, Kundalini was a mind-and-body experience that could be achieved under the trained guidance of an expert
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Letter from Japan: A gentle, well-sourced plea for global domestic life
Yet Ms Kondo's book arrives into a different conversation than the one she helped start a decade ago
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Breakneck: Why China needs to learn to build less and America to build more
Wang is a Canadian citizen who migrated from China at a young age with his parents, and later went on to work in the Silicon Valley
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Coffee King: Book on CCD weaves cautionary tale for investors, regulators
In uncovering how CCD was run as a one-man show, this book weaves a cautionary tale for investors, regulators, consumers, and even fellow journalists
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The Eleventh Hour review: Salman Rushdie's meditations on mortality
Salman Rushdie's latest work blends fiction, memory, myth, and mortality, offering a deeply personal meditation shaped by near-death, nostalgia, and literary playfulness
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A new book reviews the global history of how capitalism took over the world
Sven Beckert's sweeping global history reframes capitalism as a centuries-long, often violent world-making force - rich in detail, ambitious in scope, and certain to provoke debate
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The Niche Code: Big power emerges when firms dominate niche spaces
In the race to build a big business, why companies must avoid doing everything moderately well
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Scamlands: From Cambodia to Jamtara, a deep dive into global fraud networks
A sharp, immersive look at phone fraud networks, their victims, and the hidden economies that keep them alive
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A History of Santiniketan: A university against national chauvinism
Uma Das Gupta's history of Santiniketan traces Tagore's educational vision, the making of Vishva-Bharati, and the challenges that shaped his alternative to nationalist orthodoxy
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Indian women voters find their voice, step out of the electoral closet
As political parties continue to scramble to design women-friendly welfare schemes and campaign speeches, women have begun to wield their vote as an instrument of assertion
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Voice of the people: Book explains why speeches matter in a democracy
Ms Gupta's selection captures not the speeches alone but the parry and thrust that goes on between the treasury and Opposition benches. CPI (M) leader, late Sitaram Yechury never disrupted parliament
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Mind in Motion: A biography of Francis Crick balances his life with science
A balanced yet probing biography traces Francis Crick's brilliant scientific leaps and human flaws, revealing the mind behind DNA's discovery without fully interrogating his more troubling ideas
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Girls Who Said Nothing and Everything: A journey towards selfhood
In a sense, the book is a kind of quiet revolution, reclaiming the voice and identity of Indian girls across generations
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The Cell and the Soul: Anand Teltumbde's searing account of state power
Mr Teltumbde takes us through his experience inside jail and how it shattered his preconceived notions about imprisonment
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Searches: Book explains how we turned to internet to understand ourselves
The strength of Searches, despite its banal moments, lies in the breathing space allowed to each digital experiment without judgments or definitive conclusions
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