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27 Mar 2024

“Raya by Srinivas Reddy - Review by Abhishek Desikan”

Raya by Srinivas Reddy is a biography of the legendary Indian King of the Vijayanagara Empire, Krishnadevaraya. The book...
17 Feb 2024

Hymns of Harappa : A New Paradigm on Traditional Histories by Sai Papineni - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Hymns of Harappa by Sai Papineni is a thought-provoking book for many reasons. At the outset, the book aims to provide a...
14 Jan 2024

The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard - Review by Abhishek Desikan

I’ll start this review with my usual disclaimer that I am not a fan of self-help books and usually avoid them. I p...
08 Jan 2024

Let's Talk Mutual Funds by Monika Halan - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Let’s Talk Mutual Funds is the sequel to the very enlightening and foundational book “Let’s Talk Money” by Monika Halan....
05 Oct 2023

Hindus In Hindu Rashtra - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Reading a book rarely makes you feel anger, despair, anxiety, hopelessness, and resignation. Strangely, these are the on...