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When Education Becomes One Exam After Another
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In 2022, I undertook a master’s degree in political science from SNDT University, Mumbai, at the age of 52. I was keen on doing the programme and, as expressed in...
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The Women Behind the American Dream
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Arranged Marriage, a collection of short stories first published in 1995, is celebrated author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s debut fiction work. Apart from being a bestseller in the United States, the...
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Beyond Palaces and Pomp
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Immortalizing a literary work which juxtaposes art and history, culminating in the creation of a masterpiece is no easy task. But a historian of Manu S. Pillai’s caliber has achieved...
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Inside the Great Power Game
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Certain books on geopolitics (past and present) are insightful and revelatory enough to constitute an intellectual treat for the reader. ‘Great Power Games’ by erstwhile RAW chief Vikram Sood is...
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Fear is the Key
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Terrorism, which is a near ubiquitous phenomenon today, raises its ugly and sinister head every now and then with frightening precision and disastrous consequences. Terrorism can be defined as the...
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Somerset Maugham’s Quiet Masterpiece
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The novel’s relevance remains undimmed. It speaks to a world still governed by appearances, ambition and self-deception, while quietly insisting on the redemptive possibilities of forgiveness, self-knowledge and love in...
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The Empire That Fell in Pieces
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When the British dismantled what they called the Indian empire, they shattered it repeatedly, unevenly and often inadvertently. ‘Partition’ is usually remembered as a single cataclysm in 1947 - the...
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Of Snakes, Storms and Stateless Souls
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In a literary era crowded with climate fiction, Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Gun Island’ stands apart not for its science, but for its faith in myth, in migration and in the enduring...
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Masters of the Machine
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In their brilliantly original 2023 book, Acemoglu and Johnson upend techno-optimism, revealing how choices we make about technology have repeatedly reshaped power and prosperity.
Technology, more specifically in the avatar...
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Why India’s Committees Fail Where America’s Succeed
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The committee system is the unsung engine of American lawmaking. India’s version, by contrast, sputters.
In the grand theatre of democracy, the floor of a legislature is often where the...
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The Quiet Radical
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Two and a half centuries on, Jane Austen still startles the world with her wit, wisdom and unflinching clarity.
Had Jane Austen been born in 1975 instead of 1775, she...
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The Architecture of Prosperity: Why Some Nations Rise and Others Crumble
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I remember the first time I encountered the idea that geography determines destiny. It was in Jared Diamond’s ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel’ (1997), an ambitious, sweeping argument that placed the...
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