Page 9 - Book Review
David C Engerman looks at six S. Asian economists who shaped their nations
Of the Apostles still with us, there are few intersections between them and age-related constraints on all
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Wild Fictions: A literary journey with Amitav Ghosh through time, terrain
Often, collections like this can be read in whatever manner the reader desires, without losing any of the essence. You dip in, read what you fancy and then skip to another part
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The Political Thought of Xi Jinping: Party's history beyond question
The authors have successfully painted a picture of what China looks like under Xi and how it is different from earlier regimes
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Men at home: Gyanendra Pandey on the male retreat from household work
Gyanendra Pandey's book shines a spotlight on men's private lives at home-and the rationalisations behind their absence from cleaning, caregiving, and cooking
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John Matthai: The values of service revisited in fresh perspective
In Epilogue, however, Mr Dadabhoy chooses to dwell on Matthai's children and their achievements. In a biography of John Matthai, Epilogue should have been on his larger legacy in public policymaking
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Hey ChatGPT, which one of these versions truly is the real Sam Altman?
If the aim is not, in the first place, to help the world, but instead to get bigger - better chips, more data, smarter code - then our problems might just get bigger too
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This American Woman: Aunti Zarna takes the mic and the spotlight
As one sifts through pages of this breezy memoir full of interesting anecdotes and life lessons, two subliminally influential experiences that helped shape Garg's life before her marriage can be noted
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Deepali Gupta traces the India story through its mobile telephony tales
To understand today's telecom business, one must trace the evolution of the entrepreneurs who shaped it
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Sanjeev Chopra's book details Shastri's many contributions to nation, party
The 1965 war, Pakistan's second attempt to seize Kashmir, ended in Tashkent with Lal Bahadur Shastri returning the Haji Pir Pass - a gesture that disappointed even his family
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'Shamans of the Himalayas' captures valley life in words and images
Having personally lived in Manali briefly during my childhood, vivid descriptions of the valley and its people particularly spoke to me
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Apple used China to make a profit; what China got in return is scarier
This is not just a story of China making Apple, but of Apple making China
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The Great Epinal Escape: Bowman's book is a long-overdue tale worth telling
With its rare photographs, The Great Epinal Escape is an important record of the lives of the Indian Army in combat and captivity in major theatres of war in the west
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The Lost Heer: Harleen Singh gives the long-ignored women of Punjab a voice
To Singh's credit is his depth of research-an achievement made all the more remarkable given the paucity of archival material
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Beyond the aid recipient: India's strategic shift in its Africa engagement
All the essays focus attention on two compelling trends - development for Africa and development by Africa
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High Altitude Heroines: Women's travelogues from British India revived
A collection of essays brings together enchanting travelogues by women from early 20th-century British India
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Empty Vessel: The story of globalisation told through one big barge
This elegant and enlightening book is an impressive feat, given that its main character is, as Kumekawa admits, stubbornly uncharismatic: "a dumb pontoon without voice, personality or drive"
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On Failing: Where the quiet complexities of failure take centre stage
Through an eclectic collection of essays spanning subjects from suicide to physiology, On Failing creates space for failure to exist-without forcing life lessons down anyone's throat
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The SITA factor: Yechury's essays defend socialism as real choice
This posthumous volume distils Sitaram Yechury's lifelong case for socialism as a path to dignity and justice
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The Undying Light: Gopalkrishna Gandhi's memoir on modern India's making
Gopalkrishna Gandhi's memoir offers an up close and personal view of the making of the modern nation-state, given his proximity to those who shaped the formative years of independent India
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Farewell Karachi: Bhawana Somaaya's tribute to family and lost home
The author elaborates on her role and experiences as a film journalist - a career that she confesses happened purely by accident
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