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Laughter Track

Shail Desai

Comedian Papa CJ tells all in his memoir

Naked
Papa CJ
The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative /
The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative
Shashi Tharoor and Samir Saran
An Inclusive Ascent

Unlike the US and China, India is likely to emerge as the world’s first development superpower

The Greatest Odia Stories Ever Told /
The Greatest Odia Stories Ever Told
Selected and translated by Leelawati Mohapatra, Paul St-Pierre, KK Mohapatra
Playful to the Tragic

An anthology about post-Independence changes and conflicts in Odisha

Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life /
Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life
Viswanathan Anand
Man with the Moves

In his recent memoir, grandmaster Viswanathan Anand shares life lessons he has learned from the chessboard

His Father’s Disease: Stories /
His Father’s Disease: Stories
Aruni Kashyap
City and Village

Short stories where the believable and unbelievable co-exist

Swami Vivekananda: Hinduism and India’s Road to Modernity /
Swami Vivekananda: Hinduism and India’s Road to Modernity
Makarand R Paranjape
Vivekananda: The Double Helix

No one else combined the inter-faith and the science-religion dialogues as Vivekananda did

In Willful: How We Choose What We Do /
In Willful: How We Choose What We Do
Richard Robb
Beyond Calculation

Economics has for long refused to look at human beings as more than calculating machines. No longer

Bombay Balchao /
Bombay Balchao
Jane Borges
A Local Crossword

The romance of south Mumbai

Ever Upwards ISRO In Images /
Ever Upwards ISRO In Images
VP Balagangadharan, PV Manoranjan Rao, BN Suresh
In Search of New Frontiers

The brains and blood behind ISRO

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