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'Talk to Me' explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information

And if you have started wondering why such innovations come only from American companies, the author offers the answer

Mindless mining of epics

The author speaks in the voice of Duryodhana, but denies him a mind of his own

She-changers in Silicon Valley

Beyond the demands of day-to-day dealings, though, Ms Guthrie's thesis is that women face unique challenges at the workplace

Nature's own museums

Cities and Canopies is a fun, simple read because it conjures up a wistful nostalgia for a simpler time when people and trees coexisted in harmony

Animal lovers

Under the new dispensation, animals have acquired a new halo - we are being asked to do things vis-a-vis animals for political reasons as well

Appeasement: A cautionary tale

Bouverie, a former British television journalist, offers few fresh details or insights into Britain's disastrous appeasement policy

Sailor, soldier, spiceman, saint: Origin of Christianity in South Asia

An innovative mapping of the origins of Christianity in South Asia comes at a critical juncture of the Indian political discourse

Sleepwalking with Naxals

Ms Shah's narrative is interspersed with chapters explaining the wider background of the movement, and the personal histories of the people she meets.

Coalition dharma and karma

Ironically, the author has dedicated the book "to the Indian voters, whose political acumen has failed the best poll pundits in the country"

Why intellectual humility pays

We humans have a well-documented tendency to overestimate our prowess at different activities

The art of happiness

Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck, returns with a book that explores the connections between hope, pain and suffering

1984 and its afterlife

Lynskey notes that the meaning of Orwell's novel has shifted over the decades along with the preoccupations of its readers; and that in our low, dishonest moment it is "most of all a defence of truth"

Book review: Ascetic Games busts myth around Kumbh's camera-friendly sadhus

Sadhu politics can be like Indian party politics: always dependent on rent-a-crowd

Ranjit Singh's eccentric empire

Minor irritants don't detract from Singh's research and penchant for weaving a narrative of Sikh militarism while chronicling the times of Ranjit Singh

Power play and Indian cricket

Mr Bose, who had earlier written The History of Indian Cricket, revisits that history and comes up with a new theory

Governance and power

Challenges of Governance is a treat to read with a lot in it for public policy practitioners, policy makers and thinkers.

Rebuilding the reform consensus

Puja Mehra's The Lost Decade chronicles the policy choices that provide a coherent explanation of some of the puzzles that concern us the most at present

How a dynast destroyed Syria

The book's subtitle is 'How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria,' but Dagher overemphasises the degree to which the Assads differed from other dictators in the region

Meet Jokha Alharthi, the first Arabic writer to win Man Booker Prize

Alharthi hopes that her novel, which features some quite robust characters trying to negotiate life in a patriarchal milieu, will open a "window" on Arab society

People cannot be taken for granted in democracy, says Rohit De's new book

Rohit De's carefully crafted history shows that the people and their awareness of their own rights cannot be taken for granted or ridden roughshod by the state and political parties