Page 12 - Literature

Beijing and Taliban 2.0

The book emphatically describes the unfolding tragedy of Afghanistan and its implications for the geopolitics of Asia

The Mankell effect

In my opinion, Mankell is the best of the lot. I am a fan

America's China war

Mr Rudd structures his book like a white paper or policy brief

A newsroom story

Arun Shourie's latest book chronicles his battles as a journalist, including an account of his dismissals. Three other books by former editors offer variations of the same

Colonial kedgeree (uncooked)

Mr Akbar steers us through the incident-crowded book as to how the British came and lived in India

Anarchy and civilisation

The book, The Dawn of Everything, points out many rational fallacies and examples of circular reasoning arising from the failure of our imaginations when we guess at the motivations of alien cultures

Governing on a sticky wicket

Those who control the state federations, often on a hereditary basis, become very important

Digital festivities

The flip side of virtual events is that one does not get to meet fellow attendees, make new friends, or be surprised by the discovery of authors and artists that one knew nothing about

The other Ukraine crisis

Yovanovitch was the child of immigrants who had fled the Soviets and the Nazis

Tale of a city, warts and all

The hospital is your best tourism option for efficiency, tourist trappings be damned

Dimensions of leadership

The subject of leadership permits opposite conclusions to be drawn from the same observations and data

Truman: The everyman president

Mr Frank does not so much puncture the Truman myth as let out just enough air to settle the man back to earth

The Mahabharata and us

G N Devy has produced incisive commentary on what it means to be the inheritors of this vibrant, timeless text

Hinduism decoded

In the last many years, Mr Debroy has translated several Hindu epics into simple English prose, even though they were originally written in narrative couplets

How to succeed

The authors, two blood brothers six years apart, are alumni of IIT

The 'Gray War' combat zone

The book's thesis is broad. Cyberwar can target both the soft and hard "layers" of the Internet and leverage them separately, or together

Mind your brand language

Throughout, Mr West strengthens his observations by referring to diverse sources - from Locke and Hobbes to Aristotle to Orwell

Good Trump, bad Trump

The heart of One Damn Thing After Another concerns the earlier days of Trump's presidency when, apparently, "country and principle" took first place

War, peace and an interfaith friendship

Bishop Andrus embarks on an ambitious and noble enterprise

Dissent for a brighter future

The book compares the strategies of state overreach used during the Emergency with those of the current government