Madras Medley

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17 Jan 2020

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Review by Abhishek Desikan

What if I told you that here’s a book, which not only pulls you into a semi-fictional world set in early 1900s Sov...
26 Nov 2019

RESET: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy by Subramanian Swamy - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Subramanian Swamy’s latest book is as firebrand as the man himself, where he deals with one of the most discussed ...
11 Nov 2019

Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson - Review by Abhishek Desikan

I have followed Neil deGrasse Tyson for a long time. YouTube, books, Star Talk podcasts, a live talk, Cosmos, etc., are ...
02 Nov 2019

The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino - Review by Abhishek Desikan

The river Saraswathi has been in the collective memory of the Indian civilization since time immemorial. Revered as one ...
14 Sep 2019

Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples: Episodes from Indian History by Meenakshi Jain - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples is a dispassionate, unbiased, and critical retelling of the history of India fo...