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Sqn. Ldr. Rana T.S. Chhina, MBE
MILITARY MUSINGS: 150 YEARS OF INDIAN MILITARY THOUGHT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION OF INDIA
2021

The United Service Institution (USI) describes itself as the oldest think-tank in Asia. Set up by the British, it opened in Simla in late nineteenth century. Soon after Independence, it moved to New Delhi. Though under considerable pressure from lack of resources in the early years…


Reviewed by: Ali Ahmed

Faizi Ahmad, C.J. Kuncheria and C. Rammanohar Reddy
INDIA AND THE PANDEMIC: THE FIRST YEAR—ESSAYS FROM THE INDIA FORUM
2021

As we live through an unprecedented number of new infections of Covid-19, and deaths, we can take pride in that in this one indicator  we have even overtaken the USA. We are reporting close to 400,000 new cases every day and close to 4000 deaths every day…


Reviewed by: Mohan Rao

S. Giridhar
ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY TEACHERS: THE HEROES OF REAL INDIA
2019

Academic writing in the field of education often presents a theoretical understanding that is disconnected from field realities. As a teacher educator, I have often found pre-service teachers struggling with theories, models and perspectives that are built on the basis of research…


Reviewed by: Toolika Wadhwa

Amrit Raj
INDIAN ICON: A CULT CALLED ROYAL ENFIELD
2020

When a friend sent me a copy of Indian Icon by Amit Raj, the timing was great! It had been a regrettably long time since I had read a good book and I was looking for something to get back into the habit. We have had Bullets in our family for three generations…


Reviewed by: Saurabh Deshpande

Neeladri Bhattacharya, Kunal Chakrabarti, S. Gunasekaran, Janaki Nair & Joy L. K. Pachuau
JNU STORIES: THE FIRST 50 YEARS
2020

JNU Stories: The First 50 years is an anthology of anecdotal essays and a few poetical pieces. These essays, suffused and soaked with nostalgia, map the institutional and intellectual journey and are haunted by an ‘anxiety about preserving an institutional memory’ (p. 44). This passionate…


Reviewed by: Dhrub Kumar Singh

Rakesh Batabyal
THE MODERN SCHOOL (1920-2020): A CENTURY OF SCHOOLING IN INDIA
2020

Reading the history of one’s old school is always interesting, sometimes even challenging. Rakesh Batabyal’s book on Modern School is certainly both. Situating the founding of the school in the context of the Indian Independence movement’s initiatives to build free…


Reviewed by: Radha Kumar

Sheryl Salis
DIET IN DIABETES SIMPLIFIED: YOUR PERSONAL DIABETES NUTRITION COACH
2020

The patient pulls out his/ her reports, and there are the problems: the blood sugars are high, the blood pressure readings are high, the obesity is worsening, and oh, the cholesterol level is high too. The worry about kidney failure and blindness is topped with the sad, frustrated plea, ‘have stopped eating sugar and sweet things…


Reviewed by: Anju Virmani

Fatima Yusuf. Illustrated by Fernweh
WHEAT STALK—SWAYING, NOT SEVERED: A BOOK OF QUOTES ON HOW TO TACKLE OCD, AVOID RELAPSE AND SUSTAIN RECOVERY
2020

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a grave illness, if not diagnosed and treated early in life. It is a form of chronic anxiety, where a person has recurrent disruptive thoughts (obsessions), which result in repetitive behaviour (compulsions), anxiety about thoughts or rituals, over which he/she has little control…


Reviewed by: V Suryanarayan

Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
Of a Leadership Philosophy
2020

The last decade has seen a meteoric rise of technology companies especially in the context of market gains and economic growth1. The top five publicly listed technology giants (as per the NYSE) are Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (now Alphabet)…


Reviewed by: Rajat Sen

KalpishRatna
A CROWN OF THORNS: THE CORONAVIRUS AND US
2020

The Covid-19 global pandemic has changed the way of life for one and all across the planet, and the battle against the virus is still ongoing. Many books about Covid-19 have been published since the virus first emerged in Wuhan, China, addressing various aspects of it.


Reviewed by: Shraddha A Singh

Kavita A. Jindal
MANUAL FOR A DECENT LIFE
2020

A winner of the Brighthorse Prize, Kavita A Jindal’s debut novel builds slowly at first; the mood is tense, both pace and complexity rise steadily to an almost rabid crescendo. Jindal’s rich prose seduces you into northern India: Uttar Pradesh,


Reviewed by: Jason A Reading

Mukesh Bansal
NO LIMITS: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
2019

‘May the force be with you!’ The last line of the book is not a mere wish but a self-proclaimed statement of a tech entrepreneur, whose smart work has won many laurels. Decoding mental agility and extraordinary physical ability, Mukesh Bansal, the founder.


Reviewed by: L Jennifer

Uma Chakravarti
GENDERING CASTE: THROUGH A FEMINIST LENS
2018

This is the revised and updated edition of a book originally published in 2003. Maithreyi Krishnaraj’s ‘Note from the Series Editor’ introduces the volume and places it in its context, while Uma Chakravarti’s ‘Afterword: Caste and Gender in the New Millennium’ provides.


Reviewed by: Kamakshi Balasubramanian

Anna Suvorova
WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS: GENDER, KINSHIP, AND POWER IN SOUTH ASIA

This fascinating book provides a compelling narrative about the life and times of South Asia’s female heads of state. While the content focuses mainly on Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Khaleda Zia, Hasina Wajed, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Chandrika Kumaratunga.


Reviewed by: Padmini Swaminathan

Sadaf Hussain
DAASTAN-E-DASTARKHAN: STORIES AND RECIPES FROM MUSLIM KITCHENS
2019

The time of impersonal recipe books with no introductions or context, is long gone. They have slowly and steadily been almost completely replaced by food memoirs, travelogues with recipes of dishes one ate around the world or history books charting the origin,


Reviewed by: Anjula Ray Chaudhuri
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