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Short shots
Principal economic adviser to the finance ministry, Sanjeev Sanyal has written a book of short stories, Life Over Two Beers. He is one of the rare economists who writes
 "Short shots")
Silicon Valley's subsidised fortunes
Book review of THE CODE: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
 "Silicon Valley's subsidised fortunes")
Small-town fiction in South India: We are not in Malgudi anymore
Pranab Bardhan selects three books to explain how the depiction in fiction today of life in small town India is far away from the ordered world of Malgudi
 "Small-town fiction in South India: We are not in Malgudi anymore")
Demonetisation was no rash call; we missed the many hints months earlier
It would not be incorrect to assume that the government had been toying with the idea of demonetisation from as early as February 2016
 "Demonetisation was no rash call; we missed the many hints months earlier")
Why Nehru matters
Book review of Who is Bharat Mata? On History, Culture and the Idea of India: Writings by and On Jawaharlal Nehru
 "Why Nehru matters")
The Da Vinci code to life
Book review of How to Think like Da Vinci
 "The Da Vinci code to life")
The layman's guide to Bitcoin
Book review of The Bitcoin Saga: A Mixed Montage
 "The layman's guide to Bitcoin")
Fighting in the shadows
Book review of The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
 "Fighting in the shadows")
Greenland, climate change template
This is a book about obsession
 "Greenland, climate change template")
More than a grave
Book review of Empress of the Taj: In Search of Mumtaz Mahal
 "More than a grave")
Winning ways
Mr Upton's hypothesis offers a very plausible explanation for the 'brainless' approach of many West Indian batsmen
 "Winning ways")
The unmaking of news broadcasting
Book review of The Indian Newsroom: Studios, Stars and the Unmaking of Reporters
 "The unmaking of news broadcasting")
The roots of Hindu nationalism
Book review of Awakening Bharat Mata - The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right
 "The roots of Hindu nationalism")
Travails of a radical patriot
In the end, even in the best of families, some things remain secret
 "Travails of a radical patriot")
Book review: Photos paying tribute to the Himalayan splendour of Solukhumbu
The haunting photographs of Himalayas remind us why we must do everything in our power to sustain the fragile ecology of these precious mountains, says Shyam Saran
 "Book review: Photos paying tribute to the Himalayan splendour of Solukhumbu")
Learning to be vulnerable
As in almost all his novels, Mr Ghosh opens up new areas of discussion and debate
 "Learning to be vulnerable")
What ails democratic politics?
Rethinking Democracy is the latest addition to the growing literature on the future of democracy
 "What ails democratic politics?")
Rulers and information
The book also engages with the term Hindu, a favourite theme of the RSS and its ideologues and friends, again going back to Savarkar
 "Rulers and information")
Beyond the memsahibs
The photographic evidence dating from British times suggests that Englishwomen in India were mostly "memsahibs" or gentlewomen
 "Beyond the memsahibs")
The politics of the US Supreme Court
In personnel as well as policy, the rule is live by the sword, die by the sword
 "The politics of the US Supreme Court")
