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She was there all along, contributing half the genes to each succeeding generation. Most of the books forget about her for most of the time.

It is not often that we come across a noble theme explained by a worthy writer in a lucid manner. This book definitely belongs to this rare category.

Many of us have on occasion been dubious about the obsession in some circles to explain Indian culture entirely in terms of mysticism.

Barring a few general works dealing with the under-developed countries, the economic surveys by the United Nations commissions and old administrative reports by the erstwhile colonial governments.

Wars generate a spate of books on tactical doc­trine. Chaim Herzog’s book adds to the growing literature on the most important war in recent years.