Page 5 - Book Review
The Trial That Shook Britain: How a court-martial led to India's freedom
The tactical contradictions that doomed earlier revolutionary movements found their dramatic resolution in Bose's audacious gamble with the INA
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The Conscience Network: Fighting the emergency and the US battlefront
The element of equivalence between then and now is probed delicately but bravely by this book which revisits the Emergency and the resistance to it from a new angle
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Lifequake: Tarini Mohan's book about what came after, not miracles
She writes with remarkable lucidity about the estrangement of living in a body that no longer responds the way it once did, of the disjuncture between intention and execution
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H.I.T. Investing: A new book the balance between purpose and profit
It is hard to fathom how any organisation could build a sustainable business by offering high-quality products at affordable prices, but many have done just that. H.I.T. Investing tells their stories
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OTP Please: Vandana Vasudevan exposes hard truths of the ecommerce economy
From online marketplaces using data to harm local businesses to the suffering that lies behind the glossy growth story that startups tell, Vandana Vasudevan exposes the hard truth of platform economy
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The Johnson & Johnson Files: Unhealthy truths and defective hip implants
A tale of defective hip implants exposes India's weak medical oversight - and how multinationals treat Indian patients worse than those in rich countries
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The Mission: Tim Weiner's book explains how the CIA lost its way
Throughout The Mission, Weiner hammers on an agency that seems to be repeatedly blinded by its sense of American supremacy
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One in a Billion: Sonal Holland's journey of popularising wine in India
If you believe in an idea and know it makes sense, don't give up - for Sonal C Holland, believing in her idea meant putting wine on India's map and inspiring a whole new community of wine lovers
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Vivek Banerji's book shows how to reap insight from information overload
Navigating through tons of data to uncover hidden patterns is a critical skill in this day and age, and the key is to look beyond data dashboards
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Hostile Homelands: Azad Essa's book traces India-Israel ties before BJP era
The author, who is based in New York, notes that India's arms imports from Israel rose by 175 per cent between 2015 and 2019
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2024: Could the US presidential election have gone any other way?
The authors end up arguing that things were not so fated, but reading what they have to report, I couldn't help feeling those political insiders had a point
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Shattered Lands: Sam Dalrymple uncovers the subcontinent's dark realities
Sam Dalrymple's book contextualises the shared history of the subcontinent and reminds us of its many dark realities
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A General's diaries are curated into a breezy military history of India
This book was put together by his grandson, Gaurav Shrinagesh, presumably by curating the late general's diaries and memorabilia
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'The Indira Gandhi of AIIMS': Sneh Bhargava's memoir is a compelling read
From hospital politics and clashing egos to difficult politicians and controversial appointments - Sneh Bhargava's memoir lays bare the inner workings of Aiims
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Tribals and the Hindutva framework: New book explores RSS's evolving views
From Sarna to Ghar Wapsi, this book breaks new ground on the evolution of RSS's thinking on tribals and complex questions such as their treatment after conversion to Christianity
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Bad Company: Megan Greenwell's book explores human cost of private equity
Bad Company details how cliched abstractions like "consolidation" and "efficiency" have given cover to real betrayals
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Learning about the Other: The Cave of Echoes swims with own pair of fins
The book operates much like a magic mirror where the glass reflects, not the object, but the viewer's gaze on the object
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Kulpreet Yadav's Dial 100: A taut true crime ode to India's overworked cops
Crime is never pleasant to read about or watch - let alone experience. But true stories remind us to stay alert and recognise the warning signs of danger
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India at WTO: Ably defending the indefensible in trade negotiations
India's WTO negotiators have performed brilliantly in defending the 'perceived' national interest - but did they read the national interest correctly?
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Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville' reveals essence of the new American right
The new American right is a Hydra-headed monster. Mr Trump isn't its cause, but its distilled essence
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