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Creating the nation
The larger question here is how important is the right to vote for the average Indian? How satisfied is the average Indian with the nation's tryst with electoral democracy?
 "Creating the nation")
Donald Trump: Colossus unbound
Unmaking the Presidency, by Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes, isn't just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery
 "Donald Trump: Colossus unbound")
Former Delhi Police Commissioner recalls the day terror struck Parliament
Nearly 20 years ago, when a suicide squad stormed the complex, the author was among the first to appear on the scene.
 "Former Delhi Police Commissioner recalls the day terror struck Parliament")
'Wuthering Heights' reimagined as a 1960s affair
Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories is a haunting if slightly unbalanced collection
 "'Wuthering Heights' reimagined as a 1960s affair")
A magisterial biography of Dara Shukoh opens up new vistas of understanding
Supriya Gandhi's magisterial biography of Dara Shukoh opens up new vistas for understanding the political structure and intellectual ambience that fashioned the Mughal Empire
 "A magisterial biography of Dara Shukoh opens up new vistas of understanding")
Abstinence from the news
The reason Stop Reading the News gave the reviewer a pause for thought is that it was endorsed -sort of -by Alan Rusbridger, former editor of The Guardian
 "Abstinence from the news")
A draughtsman of independent India
These days, we find Nehru and Patel blindly pitted one against the other, and the cracks within their relationship manipulated to augment partisan politics
 "A draughtsman of independent India")
Looking into Kashmir
Ms Vijay makes excellent use of her plot material
 "Looking into Kashmir")
Incomplete disclosure
Going Public has six sections and 19 chapters but is broadly structured in two parts
 "Incomplete disclosure")
Affirmative action in US politics
Book review of THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PUZZLE: A Living History From Reconstruction to Today
 "Affirmative action in US politics")
A unique book discusses Krishna and Vrindavan in contemporary times
Hawley draws a contrast between Krishna in Vrindavan and Krishna in later years, for instance, at the Kurukshetra battlefield advising Arjuna on the ways of the world or even later in Dwaraka
 "A unique book discusses Krishna and Vrindavan in contemporary times")
The evolution of the BJP
Book review of Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, present and future
 "The evolution of the BJP")
India's race to militarise space
Book review of Final Frontier: India and Space Security
 "India's race to militarise space")
Beyond the idea of 'Pure'
Throughout the book, Mr Fuchs does not fall prey to the temptation to create a black and white binary regarding Shi'is and Sunnis
 "Beyond the idea of 'Pure'")
A radical reset for the Indian economy
Reset, thus, is not much of a reset as much as setting of the lines of sound policies for the govt to adopt, once the extravagant bits are edited out
 "A radical reset for the Indian economy")
Hero worship
Book review of The Making of Hero Four Brothers, Two Wheels and a Revolution that Shaped India
 "Hero worship")
A history of a relatively neglected arm of the Indian armed forces
Nair shouldn't have used the WWII sub-title to define and limit his narrative
 "A history of a relatively neglected arm of the Indian armed forces")
'Republic of Religion': How the Constituent Assembly debated religion
How did the Constituent Assembly debate the question of religion? Abhinav Chandrachud examines in his new book
 "'Republic of Religion': How the Constituent Assembly debated religion")
English's pronoun problem is centuries old
Language works as a dynamic democracy, not as rule by experts.
 "English's pronoun problem is centuries old")
The British extortionist who built Bombay
Book review of The Arthur Crawford Scandal: Corruption, Governance and Indian Victims
 "The British extortionist who built Bombay")
