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Narendra Modi emerges from this election with his aura of invincibility seriously damaged. Forced to work with multiple partners, will he be able to pull off a coalition government?

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28-06-202435 STORIES

A 400-year-old solar mystery, mass-producing recombinant proteins, and safer X-rays

Solving a puzzle Galileo struggled with, using MSG and ethanol to produce recombinant proteins, and a step closer to gentler medical imaging.
R. Ramachandran

Neel Mukherjee’s Choice tackles economics, identity, and the burden of morality

This beautifully written novel strikes a significant blow for the novel as a genre, to begin with, retrieving it from plastic pundits.
Tabish Khair

In The Meat Market, Mashiul Alam keeps things relentlessly real

This collection, best described as surrealist political horror, sees human motivations being neither applauded nor rebuked.
Shaoni Sarkar

Civil servants as change-makers

Based on years of fieldwork, Akshay Mangla’s book shows how bureaucrats influence outcomes by enabling community participation and local ownership.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta

Caracal: The mystery cat

A redolently illustrated, rigorously scientific, and richly historical book tells the story of one of India’s most elusive cats.
Divya Gandhi

A compelling case for regulating cryptocurrency

Mitali Mukherjee’s book, while repetitive and tedious, explains the need for standardised regulations and practices for this porous currency.
Eshwar Sundaresan
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