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Page 4 - Literature

Mind the North-South gap

Nilakantan RS' book explores the multidimensional gap between the two halves of India

Mind the North-South gap
Updated On : 29 Dec 2022 | 10:25 PM IST

Lines of control

We the People of the States of Bharat offers an excellent account of the considerations that have given the country its present internal boundaries to whet your appetite for history

Lines of control
Updated On : 27 Dec 2022 | 11:44 PM IST

'Insurgent' justice

Human rights activist and lawyer K G Kannabiran's memoir, translated into English from Telugu by his daughter, is a book worth reading and re-reading

'Insurgent' justice
Updated On : 26 Dec 2022 | 11:08 PM IST

From pest to ecosystem engineer

The writer Leila Philip adds to a genre of pro-beaver literature that turns out to be more populous than most of us may have known

From pest to ecosystem engineer
Updated On : 25 Dec 2022 | 10:39 PM IST

Harappa between the lines

Nikhil Gulati and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer provide a clean but unconventional look at history

Harappa between the lines
Updated On : 23 Dec 2022 | 8:49 PM IST

Line of duty

Mr Raza is an author, consultant, and poetry aficionado who continues to write and work even in his eighties

Line of duty
Updated On : 22 Dec 2022 | 11:18 PM IST

Pure maths and the natural world

The book adheres closely to the popular science principle Stephen Hawking articulated in avoiding equations and formulae in A Brief History of Time

Pure maths and the natural world
Updated On : 21 Dec 2022 | 10:30 PM IST

A closer look at 'quiet diplomacy'

At a broader level Rahul Roy Chaudhary extols the UPA's role in projecting India as a significant player in a multipolar world, away from being perceived as a peripheral actor in the Asia-Pacific

A closer look at 'quiet diplomacy'
Updated On : 20 Dec 2022 | 10:35 PM IST

India in the nitty-gritty

Former Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar's memoir is a remarkable account of the many events that took place during his tenure, including the Mumbai terrorist attack

India in the nitty-gritty
Updated On : 19 Dec 2022 | 11:14 PM IST

A book of cheeky obituaries

The obit goes on to say that his friends loved Mountgarret, because he was an entertaining character

A book of cheeky obituaries
Updated On : 18 Dec 2022 | 10:10 PM IST

Anglo Indians beyond the stereotypes

In case you thought that this is a dry historic tome, perish the thought!

Anglo Indians beyond the stereotypes
Updated On : 16 Dec 2022 | 11:39 PM IST

Colonial crime and punishment

Sunil Nair's collection of stories about crime in pre-independence India is a collage of micro pictures that takes us into the nitty-gritty of the British legal system

Colonial crime and punishment
Updated On : 15 Dec 2022 | 10:44 PM IST

Reinventing social democracy

There is a growing disenchantment with liberal democracies. In 'A World of Insecurity', Economist Pranab Bardhan situates its root cause in the economic and cultural insecurity of people

Reinventing social democracy
Updated On : 14 Dec 2022 | 11:24 PM IST

The gas-coal riddle

Former coal secretary Anil Kumar Jain's book makes a strong case for using coal until renewable energy becomes ubiquitous in India

The gas-coal riddle
Updated On : 13 Dec 2022 | 10:58 PM IST

History of Hollywood

On-set stories, technical details, funny anecdotes about actors, the echoes of studio executives kvetching and various people complaining about critics

History of Hollywood
Updated On : 12 Dec 2022 | 12:33 AM IST

Thought experiments about the human condition

Neil deGrasse Tyson's collection of essays challenges common assumptions through counterfactual data and provocative thought experiments, leaving even the most informed readers much to chew on

Thought experiments about the human condition
Updated On : 08 Dec 2022 | 10:56 PM IST

On a wing and a prayer

Among the many virtues of John Lancaster's delightful The Great Air Race is how vividly it conveys the entirely different world of aviation at the dawn of the industry a century ago

On a wing and a prayer
Updated On : 04 Dec 2022 | 11:51 PM IST

The freewheelin' Bob Dylan

His book about pop songs is a strange, slightly self-indulgent romp through songs that have been selected with no particular theme in mind

The freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Updated On : 02 Dec 2022 | 10:45 PM IST

Making economics palatable

In Edible Economics, Ha-Joon Chang takes a global approach to food to deliver a stinging critique of the neoclassical order

Making economics palatable
Updated On : 30 Nov 2022 | 10:50 PM IST

Battlegrounds in the global AI war

A revolution is underway in several aspects of our life. "When AI Rules the World" details these groundbreaking changes

Battlegrounds in the global AI war
Updated On : 29 Nov 2022 | 10:57 PM IST