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Book Reviews

Wisdom of the East

Arshia Sattar

Jairam Ramesh chronicles the life of Edwin Arnold who took Buddha’s ideas to the West via a narrative poem

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide /
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain
A Matter of Taste

Connecting flavours with travel and science, memories and emotions

Gods and Ends  /
Gods and Ends
Lindsay Pereira
A Prayer for Orlem

A tender and true portrait of a Mumbai suburb

Cyclopedia Exotica /
Cyclopedia Exotica
Aminder Dhaliwal
‘I am a Cyclops’

Aminder Dhaliwal’s graphic novel uses the figure of the cyclops to talk about race and belonging, sexuality and relationships. The animator tells Nandini Nair why we are all outsiders

India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends /
India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends
Kanti Bajpai
India and China: The Incompatibles

Four reasons why India and China are not friends

Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir /
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
Farah Bashir
Curfewed Lives

An archive of trauma and psychic wounds from Kashmir

The Spirit of Enquiry /
The Spirit of Enquiry
TM Krishna
TM Krishna: A Thinker’s Raga

TM Krishna in a new collection of essays plays the parts of artist and citizen to perfection

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment /
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein
Beyond the Bias

Nobel Prize-winning author Daniel Kahneman re-examines human follies and suggests remedies

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