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Book Reviews

The Value of Values

Sudeep Paul

Freedom alone can save America and the world

On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
Ambedkar In London /
Ambedkar In London
Edited by William Gould, Santosh Dass, Christophe Jaffrelot
The London Connection

A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism

Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799) /
Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799)
Vikram Sampath
Tipu Sultan: The Zealot

Why was Tipu Sultan, whose antipathy to non-Muslims ran deep, afraid of Hindus?

Speaking With Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism  /
Speaking With Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism
Ramachandra Guha
Green Pioneers

Ramachandra Guha traces India’s environmental consciousness through its first ecologists

The Diary of Manu Gandhi (1946-1948) /
The Diary of Manu Gandhi (1946-1948)
Edited and translated by Tridip Suhrud
Manu Gandhi on the Mahatma’s Final Hours

Nathuram Godse fired two bullets into Gandhi’s stomach and one into the chest. Bapu said ‘Rama, Rama’; and then life left him

The Nehru Development Model: History and Its Lasting Impact /
The Nehru Development Model: History and Its Lasting Impact
Arvind Panagariya
The Afterlife of Socialism

Arvind Panagariya lays out the limitations of Nehru’s economic project and its impact today

Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World /
Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World
Lubaaba Al-Azami
Seeking India

England’s first forays into the country and the lasting impacts

Video Culture in India: The Analog Era /
Video Culture in India: The Analog Era
Ishita Tiwary
Analog Star

India’s video revolution and the possibilities it created

Iconic Trees of India /
Iconic Trees of India
S Natesh | Illustrations by Sagar Bhowmick
Magnificent Megaflora

India’s ecological heritage in 75 trees

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World /
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
William Dalrymple
The Empire of Ideas

William Dalrymple’s new book mapping India’s civilisational legacy tells the world a story and invites Indians to a debate

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