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Books

Ravi Shankar: The Hermit and the Heartbreaker

Oliver Craske’s biography reveals the many lives of Ravi Shankar by balancing his personal history with his musical mastery

Rage against the Machine

Urjit Patel provides a critique of fiscal overreach

Pankaj Mishra’s Protest

The impossibility of creating utopias

Imperial Inheritance

Has the empire been the default model for global governance?

Alisa Ganieva: The Caucasus Chronicler

Russian author Alisa Ganieva writes of those alienated by urbanisation and radicalisation. Her work has now found a home in India too

Home Away

Displacement as a state of mind

The Good Doctors

A riveting account of three generations of physicians in colonial Bengal who performed ordinary miracles in their daily lives

Premchand’s Partner

On the writer’s 140th birth anniversary, why it’s important to celebrate his wife Shivrani Devi, herself an author and freedom fighter

The Hopeful Historian

Rutger C Bregman’s new book questions our shared assumptions about humanity. The bestselling historian tells Bhavya Dore why he remains optimistic

A Broken System

Can private players plug the public failure gaps?

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