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Book review: Deep engagement with Himalayas, empathy for conservation
Stephen Alter's book reflects not just his encyclopaedic familiarity with the world's highest mountain range but also passion for its conservation, writes Shyam Saran
 "Book review: Deep engagement with Himalayas, empathy for conservation")
The angst of a liberal Muslim
The book is likely to find more readership among the kind of liberal Muslims whom the author painstakingly berates, and among Sangh Parivar intellectuals who can sharpen their Muslim-baiting arguments
 "The angst of a liberal Muslim")
Seva as political strategy
Disaster Relief and the RSS examines a relatively less emphasised aspect of the RSS' activities
 "Seva as political strategy")
Facts about India's PMs
The book is a very comprehensive effort at capturing the main points of modern Indian history
 "Facts about India's PMs")
In the line of fire
The book is worth reading for its nuanced exploration of Assam, a region that is under-reported and widely misrepresented
 "In the line of fire")
The truth about Koch Industries
This is a massive, and massively reported, book. But what's most impressive is its refreshing balance. Mr Leonard does not judge the Kochs; he explains them
 "The truth about Koch Industries")
More buck for the bank?
The new title and repackaging enhances sale volumes. We learn a new marketing principle with every book of Mr Bandyopadhyay
 "More buck for the bank?")
The paradoxical politician
Mr Harivansh, who belongs to Sitabdiara village, close to Chandra Shekhar's Ibrahimpatti, is well qualified to write this biography for many reasons
 "The paradoxical politician")
Kashmir from the ground up
Mr Geelani writes about the political aspirations of his own people. This is a position of great responsibility
 "Kashmir from the ground up")
The short and the long of it
How many stories should make up a collection?
 "The short and the long of it")
Internet-speak isn't a bad thing
The message of Because Internet is that language is correct when sender and receiver understand a message in their shared context. That's it. It's social agreement all the way down
 "Internet-speak isn't a bad thing")
Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age
Richard Eaton employs rich empirical detail to demonstrate that intellectual encounters between the Sanskrit and Persian worlds were not tied to any one religion and that the two were not hostile
 "Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age")
The many personas of A K Ramanujan
Reading A K Ramanujan's diary is like meeting the many personas of the same person
 "The many personas of A K Ramanujan")
Defusing the idea of Us vs Them
This looks to be the perfect moment for Mr King's resolutely humane book, even if the United States of the early 20th century isn't quite the perfect mirror
 "Defusing the idea of Us vs Them")
Ambedkar's shifting legacy
In his introduction, the author voices the Ambedkarite anger at Gandhi and communists
 "Ambedkar's shifting legacy")
Behind the curve
The authors make a sincere attempt at recounting the Modi government's various economic policy initiatives in these five years
 "Behind the curve")
China's syndromes in India's ocean
Bertil Lintner's book The Costliest Pearl is perhaps the most comprehensive account of the contemporary geopolitics of the maritime Eastern Hemisphere
 "China's syndromes in India's ocean")
Book review: 'Blaming immigrants' busts most myths about refugees
Neeraj Kaushal uses her training as an economist not just to bust myths about immigration but recommend how things can be fixed
 "Book review: 'Blaming immigrants' busts most myths about refugees")
Recollecting a massacre
Mr Halder has used the tool of oral narratives, which is becoming more and more popular among journalists and historians, especially for documenting atrocities against the disenfranchised
 "Recollecting a massacre")
Saving the world from AI?
This book is also an eye-opening tour of the contemporary method of opinion-formation as used by the Rationalists
 "Saving the world from AI?")
