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Bookshelf
Reviews and essays on books.
In 'The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State', Elizabeth C Economy considers the fault lines in China's domestic affairs.
Snigdha Poonam's evocatively written Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World offers insights about the Indian milliennials you don't see.
Shogun by James Clavell is a gritty, unpredictable story about human frailty, and has fascinating insights into the world of realpolitik.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi's book takes a rigorous look at arguments on all sides of the debate.
When you're up in the hills that have been described by Ruskin Bond and Agatha Christie, Mussoorie and Landour: Footprints of the Past is a worthy companion.
Aruna Roy's book on the RTI stresses on the grassroots activism that it arose from, the lived experiences of deprivation and injustice.
Hector Macdonald's new book exposes how facts can be massaged to mean whatever you want them to.
Hans Rosling uses data to demolish many myths in his last book. As he writes, "The world cannot be understood without numbers, nor through numbers alone."