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Sony Vaio Pro 13

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

One of the world’s lightest ultrabooks, it weighs just over a kilogram

The Value of History

Amartya Sen

There is a lot that Bihar can learn from its glorious past to solve problems currently plaguing the state

The Joys of Sex

Sonali Kokra

More than three decades after it was written, Penguin publishes the ‘thinking woman’s Fifty Shades’. But it fails to live up to its reputation

BlackBerry Q5

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

A great entry-level BlackBerry 10 smartphone at an attractive price

Tall Tales

Hartosh Singh Bal

Hoping to ‘debunk’ myths about India’s growth, Bhagwati and Panagariya spin some fairy tales of their own

Chronofighter Oversize GMT +30 India

arindam

Graham’s dual timezone watch on the occasion of India’s Independence Day

The Pixellated Penis and Other Tales of Modern Censorship

Devika Bakshi

Why fear of India’s obscenity law turned HarperCollins prudish on a recent graphic novel, but doesn’t stop the publication of explicitly illustrated versions of the Kama Sutra

Heaven, Hell and Earth

Aditya Sinha

Amitava Kumar’s A Matter of Rats casts Patna in a triple role of memory, magnet and mundanity. It is a good book. With one more nudge, it could have been a great one