Category: Books
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Book Review—Homo Deus By Yuval Noah Harari
“Many thinkers and prophets concluded that famine, plague and war must be an integral part of God’s cosmic plan or of our imperfect nature, and nothing short of the end of time would free us from them. Yet at the dawn of the third millennium, humanity wakes up to an amazing realization. Most people rarely […]
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Book Review—21 Lessons For The 21st Century By Yuval Noah Harari
When I took a look at the title of this book, I felt that I was seeing the headline of a Buzz Feed article. But then, the name of the author reassured me. I am glad that he chose a clickbait-y name for this remarkable book. (Otherwise many would ignore it). The book aims to […]
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Book Review—Creating a New Medina by Venkat Dhulipala
India’s partition history has been a contentious topic in India as well as Pakistan. Some want to project Jinnah as a freedom fighter who used Pakistan as a bargaining chip and then accidentally created the new nation. This is done in order to protect India’s minorities from harsh criticism and allow them to deify the […]
The Idiosyncratic Idiot 