Page 47 - Book News
An RSS Dalit's awakening
Book review of I Could Not Be a Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS
 "An RSS Dalit's awakening")
The thrill of the chase
Book review of BITING the BULLET: Memoirs of a Police Officer
 "The thrill of the chase")
Out of alignment
India is careful not to let its closer ties with the US sour its relationships with China and Russia.
 "Out of alignment")
Understanding the Dalai Lama
The author also reveals the Dalai Lama to be a sophisticated thinker and consummate scholar, one whose feet remain firmly on the ground, a trait often obscured by his broken English
 "Understanding the Dalai Lama")
Arrested development
People of Chinese origin who were living in Kolkata and other towns in Bengal and Assam, whose ancestors had migrated to India in search of better opportunities, were put in internment camps in 1962.
 "Arrested development")
A forgotten war
The book is about the twin skirmishes between India and China at Nathu La and Cho La in September 1967, battles that have been relegated to the back alleys of India's military history.
 "A forgotten war")
Nuclear deterrence & dilemmas
The book acts as a sequel-of-sorts to Mr Kaplan's first book, Wizards of Armageddon, which outlined the intellectual history behind nuclear strategy.
 "Nuclear deterrence & dilemmas")
Wanted: Plain tales from the government
Hardly a month goes by without some prominent former member of the second rung of government - the first rung is the ministers - sallying forth in a quiet baritone
 "Wanted: Plain tales from the government")
Diversity doctrines
The book has been roundly discredited on moral, political, and scientific grounds.
 "Diversity doctrines")
Arun Jaitley's selected writings reveal NDA's war against corruption
No society can indefinitely sustain a system where income earners consider tax evasion to be a way of life
 "Arun Jaitley's selected writings reveal NDA's war against corruption")
Montek Singh Ahluwalia's new book uncovers India's 'Backstage' story
Montek Singh Ahluwalia's book should be read by those who want to understand the past and those responsible for planning our future, says Nitin Desai
 "Montek Singh Ahluwalia's new book uncovers India's 'Backstage' story")
A survival manual for small businesses
In the 1990s, low-priced Chinese brushes entered the US market. Initially, they were of poor quality, so American manufacturers were not worried.
 "A survival manual for small businesses")
First amendment and 'original sin'
India amends the Constitution at the drop of a hat. The first time it did so was within a year of it being adopted in 1950. That amendment abridged our freedom of speech.
 "First amendment and 'original sin'")
Education's 'non-profit industrial complex'
What makes the book riveting is Ms Tukdeo's view of policy as socially and culturally constructed
 "Education's 'non-profit industrial complex'")
Epiphany of a bhakt
Messiah Modi? is not a straightforward linear narrative
 "Epiphany of a bhakt")
The bank behind Donald Trump
Name a banking scandal and Deutsche Bank was in the thick of it
 "The bank behind Donald Trump")
'The Story of Yoga': Alistair Shearer focuses on growth of yoga in the West
The Story of Yoga carefully explains how this pre-eminent form of communal exercising in the West is a mere subset of a larger universe whose ultimate goal is self-actualisation
 "'The Story of Yoga': Alistair Shearer focuses on growth of yoga in the West")
Tolerating intolerance
Ms Vaidik's book is framed as a narrative to her son in which she demonstrates how violence has pervaded mythologies, folklore and language
 "Tolerating intolerance")
The pangs of transition
The way technology has impacted the global order ever since the invention of the wheel is no less significant
 "The pangs of transition")
Partition: The real enemy
Mr Akbar tells this story with his usual diligence about facts and facets and his customary lucidity
 "Partition: The real enemy")
