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Book Reviews

Jeet Thayil: Lyrical Impulse

Nachiket Joshi

Jeet Thayil faces the calamities of existence in his new collection of poems

Who Is Equal? The Equality Code of the Constitution /
Who Is Equal? The Equality Code of the Constitution
Saurabh Kirpal
All Are Equal?

A lawyer untangles the philosophical and practical tangents of inequality

The End of the Chinese Century?: How Xi Jinping Lost the Belt and Road Initiative /
The End of the Chinese Century?: How Xi Jinping Lost the Belt and Road Initiative
Bertil Lintner
The Comeuppance

China hasn’t got what it wanted from the Belt and Road Initiative

Ratan Tata: A Life /
Ratan Tata: A Life
Thomas Mathew
Tata’s Trust

A new biography of Ratan Tata chronicles how he nurtured the Tata Group without compromising on the brand’s core values

Viewfinder /
Viewfinder
Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar: India’s Everyman

In his memoir Amol Palekar recounts the many iconic roles he has played, from the boy next door to the villain at home. The actor and director in conversation with

Society Girl: A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal /
Society Girl: A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal
Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood-Khan
Fault Lines in Karachi

A murder investigation reveals the social history of Pakistan

The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve /
The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve
Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa
The Doubting Believer

A portrait of India’s first woman anthropologist

Nehru’s India: Past, Present and Future  /
Nehru’s India: Past, Present and Future
Aditya Mukherjee
Failing History

A defence of an excessively demonised Nehru cannot itself be a one-sided affair

Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity /
Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity
by Manu S Pillai
The Hindu Rate of Survival

A religion’s resourcefulness in overcoming adversity

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