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Page 44 - Book Review

A Bengali's ode to sweets

Book review of Amit Chaudhuri's 'Sweet Shop'

A Bengali's ode to sweets
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:49 PM IST

Anatomy of a nuclear disaster

Adam Higginbotham shows how an almost fanatical compulsion for secrecy among the Soviet Union's governing elite was part of what made the accident not just cataclysmic but so likely in the first place

Anatomy of a nuclear disaster
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:47 PM IST

The truths out there

Critics of American foreign policy have long accused the country of imperialism in a general sense

The truths out there
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:41 PM IST

Tech giants are watching you

Author Shoshanna Zuboff devotes 100 or more pages of her nearly 700-page book to decode the advertising dependence

Tech giants are watching you
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:41 PM IST

From Burma to Myanmar

The Epilogue offers a critique of Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) leadership of the Myanmar government

From Burma to Myanmar
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:41 PM IST

Pride and prejudices

The writing is meandering. Long asides interrupt the narrative out of the blue; references to events yet to be described appear with regularity

Pride and prejudices
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:38 PM IST

Race for acceptance

Ms Sen writes that as a student, her "cheeks hurt from smiling too much". Angry immigrants, she'd learnt, made Americans uncomfortable; they got labelled as jihadists

Race for acceptance
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:38 PM IST

The roots of Islam

The book underlines other distinctions between Yahweh and Allah

The roots of Islam
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:37 PM IST

A 'Westphalia' for West Asia

Until there are changes in these two areas, West Asia will remain condemned to further conflict

A 'Westphalia' for West Asia
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:37 PM IST

Independent India's Hindi playlist

Politics dominates but unlike most books on political economy, this one is neither screechy nor preachy; in fact, it is quite an easy read

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:34 PM IST

The Dawn of Eurasia presents a picture of shifting balance in world order

The present leadership in Russia, ambitious for a global role, views itself as a bridge between the two continents

The Dawn of Eurasia presents a picture of shifting balance in world order
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:32 PM IST

India's first free press battles

Hicky's paper lasted barely two years in the face of opposition from the Company's bigwigs

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:32 PM IST

Science and serendipity

In more than one chapter, Mr Francis discusses the benefits of psychotherapy in relieving patients of long-buried stresses.

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:30 PM IST

A bureaucrat's eye view

Author relies only on reports by several commissions and quotes other books to make his point

A bureaucrat's eye view
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:22 PM IST

Intimations of apocalypse

Nowhere is there a greater need for climate activism than in the United States in the Age of Trump

Intimations of apocalypse
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:07 PM IST

The United States of open wounds

Mr Jackson's work is set in Portland, Ore., one of the whitest big cities in America, scarred by a long history of racist violence and intimidation

The United States of open wounds
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:06 PM IST

India's fake news story

The book talks about how the Alt News team meticulously tracks the origins of fake news

India's fake news story
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:04 PM IST

The true-crime story that Harper Lee tried and failed to write

Back in the 1970s a story had caught her eye. A true-crime story, that belonged on the shelf more or less created by In Cold Blood

The true-crime story that Harper Lee tried and failed to write
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 4:02 PM IST

Cook who made Apple great again

Mr Kahney's work is an interesting read, partly because this is the first comprehensive account of Mr Cook's life

Cook who made Apple great again
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 3:57 PM IST

Japan's harmonious contradictions

Since Mr Iyer is a consummate craftsman who understands that he is writing a beginner's guide, he doesn't allow his book to become heavy with elucidations of the many omnipresent principles of Japan

Japan's harmonious contradictions
Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 12:53 AM IST