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Book Reviews

A Political Lifejacket

Siddharth Singh

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

I Have Not Seen Mandu /
I Have Not Seen Mandu
Swadesh Deepak | Translated by Jerry Pinto
An Imprisoned Mind

A fractured memoir that is as much about madness as it is about writing

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