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Challenging mythology

The scholarship of Alan Taylor’s book, published before the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, suggests that Trumpism might be less an aberration than the latest, more-brazen-than-ever expression of long established traits of American political culture. By SUSAN RAM

Author: Alan Taylor
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York and London, 2016
Pages: 681
Price: $37.50

Never say die

Teesta Setalvad tells the story of her crusade seeking justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom. BY ANUPAMA KATAKAM

Author: Teesta Setalvad
Publisher: LeftWord Books
Pages: 211
Price: Rs.295

Book excerpts

On macabre pogroms

Abandoned and burnt houses at Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society, where former Member of Parliament Ehsan Jafri was among many others killed by a violent mob during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Excerpts from the book Foot Soldier of the Constitution: A Memoir by Teesta Setalvad.

Ancient text, new lives

A lucid work that deals with an immensely complex subject such as the contemporary oral performance of the 1,200-year-old Bhagavatapurana. By SHONALEEKA KAUL

Author: By McComas Taylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, 2016
Pages: 228
Price: $99

Broader perspective

A fresh evaluation of the relationship between the state and capital since Independence. By C.T. KURIEN

Author: By Chirashree Das Gupta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Delhi, 2016
Pages: 315
Price: Not indicated

For sustainable development

This book, a tribute to the environment economist U. Sankar, elaborates on a range of environmental and development concerns that are specific to India. By S. GOPIKRISHNA WARRIER

Author: Edited by K.R. Shanmugam and K.S. Kavi Kumar
Publisher: Sage Publications
Pages: 516
Price: Rs.1,295

Behind the mutinies 1

The volume explores how 19th century mutinies were connected to the issues of honour and justice, paternalistic relations, structures of deference, and the overarching issue of identity formation. By VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

Author: Sabyasachi Dasgupta
Publisher: Primus Books, New Delhi, 2015
Pages: x + 143
Price: Rs.795

Populist demagogues

The twin demagogues Donald Modi and Narendra Trump are strikingly similar in the way they pursue populism, a degraded form of democracy in which its institutions—elections and the rest—are used to undermine its values. BY A.G. NOORANI

Author: By Jan-Werner Muller
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages: 123

The birth of a State

Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh narrates his personal engagement with the processes that led to the creation of Telangana State in 2014. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI

Author: Jairam Ramesh
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Limited, 2016
Pages: 231
Price: Price: Rs.500

Kashmir in perspective

The book is a significant contribution to the contemporary understanding of the larger political problem in Kashmir in a broad historical perspective. By Shujaat Bukhari

Author: Urmilesh
Publisher: Anamika Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Limited, New Delhi; Revised Edition, 2016
Pages: 182
Price: Paperback: Rs.200

Will to excel

A tribute to the indomitable spirit of an injured IAF officer. By VRIDHACHALEM PILLAY SUBRAMANIAM

After the Arab Spring

A well-timed effort at explaining why the dreams of the Arab Spring were crushed and why the West Asia and North Africa region is now experiencing such disorder and destruction. By TALMIZ AHMAD

Author: Edited by Sujata Ashwarya and Mujib Alam
Publisher: KW Publishers, New Delhi, 2017
Pages: 322
Price: Rs.980

Challenges to the global economy

In this tribute to their teacher, Prabhat Patnaik’s former students put together a volume that covers three major themes: the internal contradictions of capitalism, the growth of the Indian economy and the feasibility of socialism. By C.T. KURIEN

Author: Edited by Mausumi Das, Sabyasachi Kar & Nandan Nawn
Publisher: Sage, New Delhi, 2016
Pages: 324
Price: Rs. 1,195

The crisis in humanities

The author makes a forceful argument for freeing academia from the clutches of corporate interests and correcting the bias against the liberal arts, which are so vital to civilisation. By SHELLEY WALIA

Patron of the poor

This thought-provoking book on Sufism is written in a style that rivets readers’ interest, and the illustrations are a feast for the eyes. By A. G. NOORANI

Author: By Reema Abbasi
Publisher: Niyogi Books
Pages: 175
Price: Rs.1,250

An upright civil servant

In the civil service, N.N. Vohra had no parallel in terms of the knowledge and consistency with which he spoke on the country’s governance and security. By A.G. NOORANI

Author: N.N. Vohra
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 197
Price: Rs.499

Unravelling the ISI

A laudable account of the evolution of Pakistan’s all-powerful intelligence agency and its expanding role in the country’s internal and external affairs. By SHUJAAT BUKHARI

Author: Hein G. Kiessling
Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2016
Pages: 309
Price: Rs.599

A diplomat’s musings 1

A lucid account of the making of India’s foreign policy in the past four decades and the rationale for the choices made. By K.P. FABIAN

Author: Shivshankar Menon
Publisher: Penguin Random House, India, 2016
Pages: 243
Price: Rs.599

Want a ‘strong’ leader?

A book relevant to our times as it shows, through historical examples, how “strong” leaders often end up as a peril to democracy. By A.G. NOORANI

Author: Archie Brown
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Pages: 486
Price: Rs.999

Wildlife initiatives

On the excellent model of wildlife reintroduction and conservation practices of the Kanha Tiger Reserve. By A.J. T. JOHNSINGH

Author: J.S. Chauhan and Rakesh Shukla
Publisher: Kanha Tiger Reserve and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department
Pages: 204
Price: Rs.700

For new approaches

An indigenous film theory can help overcome the inadequacy of Western thought and concepts in understanding the reality, ethos and aesthetics in Indian cinema. by C.S. VENKITESWARAN

Author: Manu Chakravarthy
Publisher: Sampada Publications, Bengaluru
Pages: 248
Price: Rs.225

World of insects

An authoritative book on insect lives covering a wide range of creatures, some familiar and many unfamiliar. By THEODORE S. BASKARAN

Author: Geetha Iyer
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016
Pages: 198 (paperback, with colour photographs)
Price: Rs.399

Essay

Limits of diplomacy

The law on diplomatic practice and behaviour remains uncertain and uncodified; practice abounds in contradictions. By A.G. NOORANI

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Talking trees

In describing how trees communicate and have a sense of community and feelings, the book brings soul back to science without making anyone feel sentimental or squeamish about the word and its associations. By LYLA BAVADAM

Author: Peter Wohlleben
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Pages: 319
Price: Rs.499

Demystifying democracy 1

For a democracy to work, you need an electorate that has the basic knowledge of civic and social systems, but the author says democracies lack a knowledgeable body of voters. By SHELLEY WALIA

Author: Jason Brennan
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Pages: 288
Price: £22.95

Hashimpura retold

Reading Vibhuti Narain Rai’s Hashimpura 22 May is a nerve-racking experience, but it is a book everyone should read to know how the state denied justice to its own citizens. By ZIYA US SALAM

Author: Vibhuti Narain Rai
Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 180
Price: Rs.399

Understanding Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn after delivering his keynote speech on the final day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, on September 28.

The contribution of this study lies in its ability to situate the Jeremy Corbyn phenomenon within a context that embraces global currents while retaining a specifically British focus. By SUSAN RAM

Author: By Richard Seymour
Publisher: Verso, London & New York, 2016
Pages: Pages: 248
Price: Price: £12.99

Vedic utopia 1

An elusive search for true democracy in the vision of the Rig Veda. BY A.M. SHINAS

Author: By Ramashray Roy and Ravi Ranjan
Publisher: Sage
Pages: Pages: 312
Price: Price: Rs.1,195

Revisiting a revolt 1

The book attempts to focus on bourgeoisation as a factor that precipitated the Great Revolt of 1857. By BISWAMOY PATI

Author: Amit Kumar Gupta
Publisher: Routledge, New Delhi, 2016
Pages: ix + 195
Price: Rs. 795

Environment and business 1

The strength of the book is that it casts a wide net and looks at the interface between business and the environment over multiple sectors. Its weakness is the varying quality of the papers collected. By S. GOPIKRISHNA WARRIER

Author: Edited by Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon
Publisher: Sage Publications India
Price: Rs.845

Chasing the middleman

A searing look at the pervasive role of middlemen in the financial dealings of the country and the nexus between industrialists and politicians. By A.G. NOORANI

Author: Josy Joseph
Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2016
Pages: 231
Price: Rs.599

An enquiry into the past 1

A study of the exchange between traditional structures and modernising agents within the Ezhava community in Kerala and of forces that shaped that exchange. By VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN

Author: By P. Chandramohan
Publisher: Tulika Books, April 2016
Pages: Pages: 260
Price: Price: Rs.750

Princely states of Pakistan 1

This volume documents the accession and integration of the princely states of Pakistan, especially Kalat, which forms a large part of Balochistan province. By VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

Author: Yaqoob Khan Bangash
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2015
Pages: xx + 452
Price: Rs.1,595

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