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The Comrades and the Mullahs: China, Afghanistan and the New Asian

Book summary by Shweta Suryawanshi, Research Analyst, PIC. The question that motivated journalists Ananth Krishnan and Stanly Johny to write this book is, “What will the 21st century rivalry between the US and China mean for Afghanistan?” The book opens with a description of a famous oil on canvas by Elizabeth Butler. It depicts an exhausted William […]

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Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon Constrained World

Book summary by Preeti Ahluwalia, Research Intern, EECC Prospects and pitfalls for India’s race to renewables Energy use and economic growth are inextricably linked. The global climate challenge cannot be addressed without moving from “coal” to “clean” energy. Sumant Sinha, founder of India’s biggest renewable energy company, ReNew Power, provides an optimistic yet grounded picture

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India Misinformed: The True Story by Pratik Sinha, Dr. Sumaiya Shaikh and Arjun Sidharth

Book summarised by Preshit Parihar, Research Assistant, PIC, May 2022 The dynamics of misinformation and fake news and its devastating impact on society have been presented in the book ‘India Misinformed: The True Story.’ The authors Pratik Sinha, Dr. Sumaiya Shaikh, Arjun Sidharth and other contributors are co-founders and writers at Alt News, a fact-checking website

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The Cases that India Forgot – By Chintan Chandrachud

Book review by Abhay Vaidya, Director, PIC The Judiciary is one of the four pillars of the great Indian Democracy along with the Executive, Legislature and the Press. It is a moot questions whether India can meet her destiny without these four pillars functioning diligently and delivering on their promised roles and responsibilities.Conscientious citizens who  

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