Books to read this week

Here is a fresh list of books for an exciting and knowledge-filled week ahead. Happy reading!

'Strangers No More: New Narratives from India’s Northeast' review: The New Indian strikes back

Abdus Salam A reassessment of India beyond the Chicken’s Neck and its interplay of engagement with and alienation from the mainland

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A library without books? Universities purging dusty volumes

AP Libraries are putting books in storage, contracting with resellers or simply recycling them

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'Our Time Has Come-How India is Making Its place in The World' review: An uncritical eye

Suhasini Haidar Why the U.S. must approach India like a joint venture partner and not an ally-in-waiting

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'The Hungry Empire-How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World' review: Meals with a view

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'My Enemy’s Enemy-India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal' review: Wheels within wheels

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Eight books to get you through this week

The Hindu Net Desk Here is a fresh list of books for an exciting and knowledge-filled week ahead. Happy reading!

Books

Reprise A look back at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Sudipta Datta The pioneering sci-fi novel turned 200 this year

Reviews

The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations review: Straight talk on numbers

Puja Mehra Why the GDP is a useful tool but a misleading statistic that cannot measure quality of life

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'Strangers No More: New Narratives from India’s Northeast' review: The New Indian strikes back

Abdus Salam

A reassessment of India beyond the Chicken’s Neck and its interplay of engagement with and alienation from the mainland

Reviews

'Our Time Has Come-How India is Making Its place in The World' review: An uncritical eye

Suhasini Haidar

Why the U.S. must approach India like a joint venture partner and not an ally-in-waiting

Reviews

'The Hungry Empire-How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World' review: Meals with a view

Reviews

'My Enemy’s Enemy-India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal' review: Wheels within wheels

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Books to read this week

'Strangers No More: New Narratives from India’s Northeast' review: The New Indian strikes back

A library without books? Universities purging dusty volumes

'Our Time Has Come-How India is Making Its place in The World' review: An uncritical eye

'The Hungry Empire-How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World' review: Meals with a view

'My Enemy’s Enemy-India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal' review: Wheels within wheels

Eight books to get you through this week

Reprise A look back at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations review: Straight talk on numbers

Reviews

'Strangers No More: New Narratives from India’s Northeast' review: The New Indian strikes back

'Our Time Has Come-How India is Making Its place in The World' review: An uncritical eye

'The Hungry Empire-How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World' review: Meals with a view

'My Enemy’s Enemy-India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal' review: Wheels within wheels

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