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Book Reviews

Abhilash Tomy: The Solitary Sailor

Shail Desai

Abhilash Tomy relives his 151-day, nonstop, solo journey circumnavigating the globe

Journey to the Edge of the Earth: True Adventure
Joeanna Rebello Fernandes and Abhilash Tomy
Not Just a Nightwatchman: My Innings in the BCCI /
Not Just a Nightwatchman: My Innings in the BCCI
Vinod Rai
Vinod Rai: A Defining Innings

Vinod Rai recounts his 33-month stint at BCCI with a ring of authenticity

Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India  /
Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India
Nikhil Menon
A Political Lifejacket

The government’s motivation behind planning in India is far more interesting than the economic idea of planning

The Muslim Vanishes: A Play /
The Muslim Vanishes: A Play
Saeed Naqvi
Tragicomedy Times

A satirical play uses fantasy to tell of today’s faultlines

Alpha  /
Alpha
TD Ramakrishnan | Translated from Malayalam by Priya K Nair
Begin Again

What happens when 13 people quit societal norms and live on a deserted island for 25 years?

The Commissioner for Lost Causes /
The Commissioner for Lost Causes
Arun Shourie
Memories of a Different Country

Arun Shourie’s memoir revisits the biggest stories of the 1980s from the vantage point of a newsroom

Mindwandering: How It Can Improve Your Mood and Boost Your Creativity /
Mindwandering: How It Can Improve Your Mood and Boost Your Creativity
Moshe Bar
‘Mindwandering Is Where Creative Thinking Happens’

Cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar’s new book tells us to think broader to feel better. The author in conversation with Tasneem Pocketwala

To Kill A Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism  /
To Kill A Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism
Debasish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane
Power of the People

Cracks in social foundations can break up democracies

Indian Innovation Not Jugaad: 100 Ideas that Transformed India  /
Indian Innovation Not Jugaad: 100 Ideas that Transformed India
Dinesh C Sharma
The Transformers

Successful innovation goes beyond technology, to include commerce and policy

Villainy /
Villainy
Upamanyu Chatterjee
The Normality of Evil

Upamanyu Chatterjee’s seventh novel opens with the discovery of a dead body in a park. He speaks to Nandini Nair about creating crafty characters and the villainy principle

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