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Opium for the Masses

Siddharth Singh

The relationship between economic growth and religious belief

The Wealth of Religions
The Wealth of Religions
Rachel McCleary and Robert Barro
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life /
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
Mark Synnott
On top of the World
Shail Desai

Alex Honnold has redefined rock climbing, and our understanding of fear

The Department of Sensitive Crimes A Detective Varg Novel /
The Department of Sensitive Crimes A Detective Varg Novel
Alexander McCall Smith
The Sixth Sense
Shylashri Shankar

Hold your breath, smart detectives are at work

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World /
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak: ‘I defend a pluralistic, liberal democracy’
Rajni George

Turkish author Elif Shafak tackles difficult subjects, often to the ire of the ruling regime. She tells Rajni George how storytelling can create empathy

The Nine Waves /
The Nine Waves
Mihir Bose
The Many Histories of Indian Cricket
Shail Desai

Power and glory

Where The Hills Hide Their Secrets /
Where The Hills Hide Their Secrets
Adhirath Sethi
The Ho-Hum Secrets of the Hills
Karthik Shankar

A whodunnit offering readers the opportunity to play murderer bingo

Ten Women Who Changed Science, And the World /
Ten Women Who Changed Science, And the World
Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans
She Did It
Ambika Kamath

A series of essays about the life and work of 10 women scientists

Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities /
Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities
Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli
Shade in the City
Ranjit Lal

How trees shelter and nurture us

Close to the Bone /
Close to the Bone
Lisa Ray
Empresses of Maladies
Kaveree Bamzai

Cancer survivors are chronicling their stories, in books and on social media, with wisdom, courage and humour

Gun Island /
Gun Island
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh: The Real and the Uncanny
Nandini Nair

Amitav Ghosh’s new novel addresses the big issues of the day. The author tells Nandini Nair why we are all migrants

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