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Book-reviews

Kautilyanomics for Modern Times by Sriram Balasubramanian
Our Living Constitution : A Concise Introduction & Commentary by Shashi Tharoor
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
The Sangh & Swaraj by Ratan Sharda
Why Bharat Matters by S. Jaishankar
Muslim Separatism: Causes and Consequences by Sita Ram Goel - Review by Abhishek Desikan
“Raya by Srinivas Reddy - Review by Abhishek Desikan”
Hymns of Harappa : A New Paradigm on Traditional Histories by Sai Papineni - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Let's Talk Mutual Funds by Monika Halan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Hindus In Hindu Rashtra - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Battle for Rama : Case of the Temple at Ayodhya - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Let's Talk Money - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-Ups - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Network State: How To Start a New Country - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Ponniyin Selvan - Whirlwinds - Part 2 - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Ponniyin Selvan - Fresh Floods - Part 1 - Review by Abhishek Desikan
India, Bhārat and Pakistan : The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilization - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Why I Am An Atheist - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi by R.K. Narayan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The English Medium Myth by Sankrant Sanu - Review by Abhishek Desikan
City of Victory: The Rise and Fall of Vijayanagara - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Cownomics by Arti Agarwal - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Good News India: Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary Triumphs by D.V. Sridharan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Genetics and the Aryan debate: 'Early Indians' Tony Joseph's Latest Assault by Shrikant G. Talageri - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Defence of Hindu Society by Sita Ram Goel - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey - Review by Abhishek Desikan
India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution by J Sai Deepak - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Ideology of India's Modern Right by Subramanian Swamy - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Sultan of Delhi: Ascension by Arnab Ray - Review by Abhishek Desikan
How Should A Government Be?: The New Levers of State Power by Jaideep Prabhu - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them by Antony Lewis - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha by Rahul Roushan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
10 Judgements That Changed India by Zia Mody - Review by Abhishek Desikan
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Aryan Invasion Myth: How 21st Century Science Debunks 19th Century Indology by A.L. Chavda - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Annihilation Of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar - Review by Abhishek Desikan
A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational State by Harsh Gupta 'Madhusudan', Rajeev Mantri - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Parva by S.L.Bhyrappa - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Suheldev & the Battle of Bahraich (Indic Chronicles #1) by Amish Tripathi - Review by Abhishek Desikan
History Under Your Feet by Ratnakar Sadasyula - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Avishi: Vishpala of Rig Veda Reimagined by Saiswaroopa Iyer - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Goat Thief by Perumal Murugan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Curse of Gandhari by Aditi Banerjee - Review by Abhishek Desikan
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Review by Abhishek Desikan
RESET: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy by Subramanian Swamy - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples: Episodes from Indian History by Meenakshi Jain - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Saakshi: The Witness by S.L. Bhyrappa - Review by Abhishek Desikan
India in the Age of Ideas: Select Writings: 2006-2018 by Sanjeev Sanyal - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Madurai Sultanate: A Concise History by Sandeep Balakrishna - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Pakistan or the Partition of India by B.R.Ambedkar - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Heroic Hindu Resistance to Muslim Invaders, 636 AD To 1206 AD by Sita Ram Goel - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma by Gurcharan Das - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Aavarana : The Veil by S.L.Bhyrappa - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Origin by Dan Brown - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline by Sanjeev Sanyal - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Ashoka the Ungreat by Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Bhima Lone Warrior by M.T. Vasudevan Nair - Review by Abhishek Desikan
India's Secularism by Sita Ram Goel - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography by Sanjeev Sanyal - Review by Abhishek Desikan
When Did The Mahabharata War Happen? : The Mystery of Arundhati by Nilesh Nilkanth Oak - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Blood Red Sari (Kali Rising #1) by Ashok Banker - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Scion of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra #1) by Amish Tripathi - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Sri Ramanuja His Life Religion and Philosophy by Tapasyananda - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Bachelor of Arts by R.K. Narayan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History by Sanjeev Sanyal - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Mahabharata Murders by Arnab Ray - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Educational Heritage of Ancient India : How an Ecosystem of Learning Was Laid to Waste by Sahana Singh - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson - Review by Abhishek Desikan
My Days with Baasha by Suresh Krissna, Malathi Rangarajan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Public Policy : a citizen's guide by Vision India Foundation - Review by Abhishek Desikan
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India by Shashi Tharoor - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Mysterious Stranger by David Blaine - Review by Abhishek Desikan
From Tryst to Tendulkar: The History of Independent India by Balaji Viswanathan - Review by Abhishek Desikan
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K.Rowling - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana by Devdutt Pattanaik - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Yuganta: The End of an Epoch by Irawati Karve - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata by Devdutt Pattanaik - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Playing It My Way: My Autobiography by Sachin Tendulkar, Boria Majumdar - Review by Abhishek Desikan
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - Review by Abhishek Desikan