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

Note by note: The India story 1947-2017
Ankur Bhardwaj, Seema Chishti & Sushant Singh
Harper Collins
327 pages
Rs 499
 
First, a disclosure: Each of the three authors of Note by Note is known to this reviewer not just as a fellow journalist but also as a friend. This association makes the task of reviewing that much more difficult. The truth is the basic idea of the book is both simple and remarkable at once. The authors have looked back at the years of independent India and for each year attempted to choose a song, from among the movie