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The Arc of Optimism

Siddharth Singh

Two books that show the danger of making extreme, and often ideological, assumptions in economics

 

Power and Pelf

Ten accidental globalists who were driven by the idea of conquest

Dancing up a Storm

The story of a performer who dared

And Then There Were None

Four storytellers redeem the modern whodunnit by defying the familiar props of the genre

Once Again

A riveting retelling of the Nanavati case

Arundhati Roy: The Utmost Unhappiness of Being Indian

Arundhati Roy’s second novel in twenty years retains her original magic even as it becomes an overwrought political project

The Spy Who Came From the Cold

The story of Bhagat Ram Talwar is a valuable addition to the literature on intelligence operations

She’s Here to Stay

A writer emerges bruised but not broken from an abusive marriage

Dystopia Forever

How Clockwork Orange, the book and the movie, gained cult status 

Her Story Retold

Women’s biographies combat historical invisibility

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