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Book Reviews

Vivekananda: The Double Helix

Makarand R Paranjape

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

The Prospect of Miracles /
The Prospect of Miracles
Cyrus Mistry
Being Cyrus

Cyrus Mistry moves away from the Parsi settings of his earlier works to a quiet cardamom farm in Kerala for his new novel

Tawaifnama /
Tawaifnama
Saba Dewan
A Courtesan’s Tale

A journalistic exercise on tawaifs, which also provides a history of sexuality, secularism and ‘propriety’ in India

The Many That I Am: Writings from Nagaland /
The Many That I Am: Writings from Nagaland
Edited by Anjulika Zoe Longkumer
Speaking in their own Voices

New creative forces from Nagaland and Manipur

Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump and Facebook Broke Democracy /
Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump and Facebook Broke Democracy
Brittany Kaiser
Data Capitalism

A tell-all account by former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser reveals why data is the new oil

Aranyaka: Book of the Forest /
Aranyaka: Book of the Forest
Amruta Patil and Devdutt Pattanaik
Life Is a Forest

Liberated women of the Vedic times

Girl in White Cotton /
Girl in White Cotton
Avni Doshi
Mothers and Daughters

A different kind of family saga

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