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Infirmities of the welfare state
The author has x-rayed every beneficiary-target-oriented welfare programme launched by the Indian state for the past 70 years
Ballot box as change agent
Book review of Rasheed Kidwai's 'Ballot: Ten episodes that have shaped India's democracy'
From a principle to a right
The success of the 1951 general election in terms of providing representation to India in all its complexity was crucial to the stability of the then-young constitutional framework
'The Hollow Kingdom' book review: Jihad is a radical misunderstanding
Book written by Edna Fernandes
'Enlightenment Now' review: Pinker continues to see the glass half full
Improvements in health have bettered the human condition enormously
Book review: Shadow boxing in Af-Pak
In the circumstances, the war became 'a humbling case study in the limits of American power'
'Coffee Can Investing' to help investors find answers to their dilemmas
Besides discussing the coffee can portfolio, the book packs in a number of lessons that investors will find relevant to these times
Book review: The unfinished revolution of Ukraine's Maidan protesters
The Ukrainian Night seeks to portray the ideals that animated the Maidan protesters of 2013
'The Sheena Bora Case' book review: Mother of all crimes
Such was the frenzy around the case involving the murder of a good-looking young girl, obviously from a high-income group, allegedly by her mother, who was a queen of Mumbai's high society
How Big Government is harming us
The claim that public sector enterprises... were largely loss-incurring, and continued to incur losses is followed by an interesting study that [these] are, in fact, very profitable
Many faces of nationalism
This is an anthology of the writings of political leaders, poets, philosophers and men of letters
US and China's 'entangling embrace'
Book review of 'The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom'
The fine art of leaning in
Book review of 'Women & Power'
Decoding innovation
Book reviews of 'A Biography of Innovations: From Birth to Maturity' and 'India as a Pioneer of Innovation'
A history of humanity, told through genetics
Book review of 'A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived'
The 1962 war: View from China
A new book offers a comprehensive account of the relationship between the two Asian neighbours
 "The 1962 war: View from China")
Another tragic partition
Book review of 'Durand's Curse: A Line Across The Pathan Heart'
Flip, skip, and dip
Indeed, since reviewers get their books free, they are under no pressure to read the things fully
Shyam Saran's 'How India Sees the World' identifies two 'missed moments'
When history failed to turn
 "Shyam Saran's 'How India Sees the World' identifies two 'missed moments'")
The US empire in the mirror
Book review of 'Notes On A Foreign Country'
