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The pangs of transition
The way technology has impacted the global order ever since the invention of the wheel is no less significant
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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")
'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")
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")
Incomplete disclosure
Going Public has six sections and 19 chapters but is broadly structured in two parts
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Affirmative action in US politics
Book review of THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PUZZLE: A Living History From Reconstruction to Today
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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
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Dire straits
Richard Davies's book is divided into three parts - survival, failure, future - each of which subdivides into three case studies about specific places
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'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")
Inside a VC's world
The book is an easy read if you are interested in an insider's perspective of the venture capital and start-up space in India
 "Inside a VC's world")
A man who knew too much
Samanth Subramanian does a pretty good job of chronicling the science and the insanity
 "A man who knew too much")
Right-wing book publishing is asserting itself in no uncertain terms
We are not linked to Hindu religion, but nationalism. Ninety per cent of the freedom movement was composed of Hindus, says Padmesh Dutt, owner, Hindu Sahitya Sadan
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China's sister act
This latest offering, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister, could be considered a complement to Wild Swans
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The Trump effect
India is a major power that has been considerably affected by President Trump's domestic and foreign policies
 "The Trump effect")
The best of 2019 from a voracious and eclectic reader's bookshelf
Though the author of Hindutva, savarkar was "hardly a practicing Hindu in the religious sense"
 "The best of 2019 from a voracious and eclectic reader's bookshelf")
