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Book Reviews

Portraits of Power

Karthik Nachiappan

The India-US relationship as a study in leadership

India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present /
India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present
Shivshankar Menon
Living With China

New Delhi has a chance to build coalitions of the willing to shape Beijing’s behaviour

First Person Singular /
First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami | Translated by Philip Gabriel
Haruki Murakami: Enchanter Emeritus

The familiar and the fantastical permeate a new collection of stories by Haruki Murakami

1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness /
1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness
Boria Majumdar and Gautam Bhattacharya
Once Upon a Time at the Oval

The twin series triumphs in England and the West Indies in 1971 were the ‘Renaissance of Indian Cricket’

Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir  /
Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir
Kobad Ghandy
The Principled Life of Kobad Ghandy

Memoirs of a man who was born into affluence but chose a life of struggle

Trail of the Tiger Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray: A Journey /
Trail of the Tiger Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray: A Journey
Radheshyam Jadhav
The Son’s Rise

Uddhav Thackeray’s unexpected survival and success

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism  /
Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Mariana Mazzucato
Wanted: A New Capitalism

Mariana Mazzucato argues that in the post-pandemic world governments need to shape innovation rather than merely fix market failures

Names of the Women /
Names of the Women
Jeet Thayil
The Testament of a Poet

Jeet Thayil’s new novel chronicles the women whose roles were deleted from the gospels. The author speaks to Nandini Nair about the need to write these erasures

India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution /
India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution
Sanjaya Baru
The New Establishment

The assertion of Hindutva and the disintegration of the Nehruvian order

Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy /
Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh Is Reshaping Indian Democracy
Badri Narayan
Chasing the Elephant’s Shadow

Badri Narayan’s book throws new light on the RSS. The author tells Rahul Pandita how the organisation is trying to inculcate a vision of modernity coupled with traditional wisdom

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