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    Book Review | Gaza: Shaped by external forces, own resilienceBooks
    Book Review | Gaza: Shaped by external forces, own resilience

    Jean-Pierre Filiu’s Gaza: A History (second edition), expertly translated by Tom King, is a sweeping historical...

    22 Feb 2025 7:20 AM

    Book Review | Can G-20 propel India to world leader status?Books
    Book Review | Can G-20 propel India to world leader status?

    In The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel P. Huntington argues that Western...

    18 Jan 2025 6:08 AM

    Book Review | Compelling but one-sided critique of state repressionBooks
    Book Review | Compelling but one-sided critique of state repression

    A valuable document, this work nevertheless falls short when it comes to addressing the central question posed by its...

    30 Nov 2024 7:14 AM

    Book Review | Gritty Nancy’s memoir teaches how to inhabit powerBooks
    Book Review | Gritty Nancy’s memoir teaches how to inhabit power

    As the United States stands on the precipice ahead of its November 2024 elections, Nancy Pelosi’s memoir...

    26 Oct 2024 6:14 AM

    Book Review | Lessons on how to navigate the Indian realityBooks
    Book Review | Lessons on how to navigate the Indian reality

    Magsaysay Award-winning social activist Aruna Roy's memoir is a seismic jolt to the complacent conscience. She...

    10 Aug 2024 7:04 AM

    Cover page of Tits Up: What Our Beliefs about Breasts Reveal about Life, Love, Sex, and SocietyBooks
    Book Review | A witty biography of the most popular human body part

    The English language boasts over 700 terms for the breasts most of them coined by men

    6 July 2024 6:39 AM

    Cover page of The Elephant Moves Indias New Place in the WorldBooks
    Book Review | Armchair economics! This room is all elephant

    The book's omissions are glaring, leaving critical gaps in its analysis of India's economic landscape

    22 Jun 2024 6:22 AM

    Cover page of The Man Who Lost IndiaBooks
    Book Review | Jingoistic war fantasy presented as speculative fiction

    The novel also throws a unique geopolitical situation into the mix

    20 April 2024 7:11 AM

    Cover image of Pain: A Portal to EnlightenmentBooks
    Book Review: Celebrity grief memoir feeds into trauma industry

    The book delves into scientific explanations of pain, misidentification of physical body, mind and character, the path...

    17 Feb 2024 8:03 AM

    Book Review | A Wounded Woman Speaks, a Bit too ArtlesslyBooks
    Book Review | A Wounded Woman Speaks, a Bit too Artlessly

    In her memoir Kundu employs a poetic monologue to bust the prison of her memories where she had been held hostage for...

    14 Oct 2023 9:06 PM

    From Manjunath to Manjamma: The Inspiring Life of a Transgender Folk Artist, By Harsha Bhat and Jogati Manjamma. (Image: DC)Books
    Book Celebrating Jogathi Hero Cuts Corners

    The book, From Manjunath to Manjamma, has been written by Harsha Bhat, a journalist and former senior sub-editor of...

    30 Sept 2023 6:30 PM

    Cover photo of A Forgotten Ambassador in Cairo: The Life and Times of Syud Hossain by N.S. Vinodh. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Why India forgot Syud Hossain, its first ambassador to...

    For those seeking to understand the context of the Khilafat Movement, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, look no further.

    12 Aug 2023 6:35 PM

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