Factfulness
By Hans Rosling
As district medical officer in Mozambique, Hans Rosling discovered a previously unknown paralytic disease. Later, he became a professor of international health, co-founded Médecins Sans Frontières in Sweden, and a renowned public educator. His TED talks have been viewed over 35 million times.
Seven Decades of Independent India: Ideas and Reflections
Edited by Vinod Rai and Amitendu Palit
This book is a compilation of essays by people with experience in their respective fields. The 25 chapters covering various subjects ranging from ‘Security challenges’, ‘India in a Globalized World’, ‘India’s Elections and Reforms’, down to the one on ‘Skill Development’ are standalone pillars; they are not integrated, nor grouped together in a meaningful way. Mostly, they are reflections and do not amount to an assessment of our past record.
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
By Sonia Shah
Sonia Shah serenades both the parasite and its vector, mosquitoes, in an interesting journey that spans dimensions of space and time to gauge what endowed them with formidable strength that would help them adapt and keep going.
The Fever could have easily been a ponderous book, one you had to lay down ever so often, and struggle to pick up again.
Eleven Gods And A Billion Indians
By Boria Majumdar
Split into thematic chapters, the book delves into the way the British propagated the game, beginning as indulgent evenings between the Old Blighty’s troops and Indian sepoys when the sport enlivened their lives. The patronage of the princes, often to curry favour from the colonial rulers, their machinations to even wrest a spot in the national playing eleven, all these get ample exposure through Majumdar’s pen.
