In Service of the Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy
By: Vijay Kelkar
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
As a $3-trillion economy, India is on her way to becoming an economic superpower. Between 1991 and …
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By: V.P. Malik , Malik V. P. General
4.01
Format: 452 pages, Hardcover
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2. The Emergency: A Personal History
By: Coomi Kapoor
4.04
Format: 192 pages,
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3. On Photography
By: Susan Sontag
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images which are continually … read more
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"The painter constructs, the photographer discloses."-Susan Sontag, On Photography
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"Una fotografía es a la vez una pseudopresencia y un signo de ausencia."-Susan Sontag, On Photography
4. Patriots and Partisans
By: Ramachandra Guha
3.50
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In this wonderfully readable collection of essays, Ramachandra Guha defends the liberal centre agai… read more
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5. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
4.63
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more
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6. Whole Numbers and Half Truths
By: Rukmini S.
4.22
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
How do you see India? Fuelled by a surge of migration to cities, the country's growth appears to… read more
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7. Humankind: A Hopeful History
By: Rutger Bregman
4.32
Format: 462 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Utopia For Realists, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and coope… read more
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8. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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9. Planning Democracy: How A Professor, An Institute, And An Idea Shaped India
By: Nikhil Menon
3.93
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
India's Five-Year Plans were one of the developing world's most ambitious experiments. After nearly… read more
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10. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
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11. Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi
By: Vinay Sitapati
4.38
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making. Vinay Sitapati's Jugalbandi provides this bac… read more
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12. Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future
By: Raghuram G. Rajan
4.08
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
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13. Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
By: Ha-Joon Chang
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too… read more
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14. The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives
By: Vikram Sood
4.42
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
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"There are no victory parades, and no one would light a lamp for the unknown agents,"-Vikram Sood, The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives
"Bhutto seemed to be preparing for a ‘1000-year war’ with India, even if his people had to eat grass to finance the quest for the Islamic Bomb"-Vikram Sood, The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives
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15. Accelerating India's Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance
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4.60
Format: 978 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. India Moving: A History of Migration
By: Chinmay Tumbe
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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17. What The Economy Needs Now
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee
3.77
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
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18. In Service of the Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy
By: Vijay Kelkar
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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19. India's Blind Spot: Understanding and Managing Our Cities
By: Devashish Dhar
4.43
Format: 537 pages, Kindle Edition
A comprehensive study on the phenomenon of Indian urbanization, and what comes with it. Indian pol… read more
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20. The Nitopadesha
By: Nitin Pai
4.31
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
In the distant land of Gandhara, there once was a janapada called Chakrapuri. Its elders were a wor… read more
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21. Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival
By: Ajay Chhibber
4.07
Format: 589 pages, Kindle Edition
As India enters its seventy-fifth year of independence, conventional policy is unlikely to combat t… read more
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