Page 50 - Book Review
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")
Learning to be vulnerable
As in almost all his novels, Mr Ghosh opens up new areas of discussion and debate
 "Learning to be vulnerable")
'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
 "'Talk to Me' explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information")
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
 "The art of happiness")
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
 "Book review: Ascetic Games busts myth around Kumbh's camera-friendly sadhus")
Governance and power
Challenges of Governance is a treat to read with a lot in it for public policy practitioners, policy makers and thinkers.
 "Governance and power")
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
 "Rebuilding the reform consensus")
Generic corruption
Book review of Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
 "Generic corruption")
Ayn Rand's topsy-turvy legacy
Book review of Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed
 "Ayn Rand's topsy-turvy legacy")
Book review: A dozen problems with the economy and about as many solutions
By far the best chapter in the book is "Fixing Schools" by Karthik Muralidharan
 "Book review: A dozen problems with the economy and about as many solutions")
Dissecting Hindu nationalism
The book successfully demonstrates how the unprecedented electoral verdict of 2014 has played out in creating a majoritarian narrative
 "Dissecting Hindu nationalism")
Animal Intimacies offers sparkling exploration of animal-human relationship
For the lucidity of the prose and the animal/human characters alone, this book is a reader's delight
 "Animal Intimacies offers sparkling exploration of animal-human relationship")
Earth's demographic myth
What is startling about their conclusions are the imminent population declines in the developing world.
 "Earth's demographic myth")
Stiglitz's prescriptions
In his book, he argues that the American system of capitalism has fallen down and needs government help to get back up again
 "Stiglitz's prescriptions")
AI's dystopian future
Both authors go well beyond such cautionary tales and have specific (though different) suggested plans of action to deal with this frightening future
 "AI's dystopian future")
Managing the Hydra
Had the book not been technically adequate, one could have said that the authors have tried to bite off more than they can chew
 "Managing the Hydra")
Testing cultural boundaries
Ms Gokhale speaks of the clothing quite like her reworking of Hamlet: It is as much her own as it is Shakespeare's; she has every right to re-write it from her own perspective
 "Testing cultural boundaries")
Paradoxes of progress
Review of the book - War or Peace: The Struggle For World Power
 "Paradoxes of progress")
Contestations over statism
This book is an assessment of the evolution of India's political parties since independence
 "Contestations over statism")
