India in the age of ideas: Select writings, 2006-2018

Recommended by: Rasananda Panda

Content:

HISTORY & CULTURE
The Architecture of Hinduism
India Must Start Working to Reverse the plunder
Ashoka, the Not So Great
There's a Dragon in the Sea
Keeping Alive the Spirit of Durga Puja
Investing in the Long-term Future of Hinduism
Great Men Do Make History
Indian languages Face a Threat of Fossilisation,
Need Revitalisation
Lip Service Only
History of Indian Ocean Shows How Old Rivalries
Can Trigger Rise of New Forces
Our History Books Need Rewriting
Why Retrieved Antiquities Should Be Sent
Back to Place of Origin

Why We Must Write Our Own Story
Why PM's Independence Day Speech Should
Move Out of Delhi
I Am Anchored by Ideas
Once Upon a River
The Last Pagans of Iraq
The Forgotten Genocide
India's Elites in Crisis
Taming Indiat Elite
Why Munni Is Infamous in India
URBAN DYNAMICS
The Ideology of Cities
Liberalising India's Urban Thinking
Reviving Varanasi for the 2lst Century
Building Bostons, Not KanPurs
Mumbai Needs an Iconic Museum
Reigniting Kolkatat SPirit
The Eyes on the Street
Why India Needs to Slum It Out
How to Seed Smart Cities
In Defense of Gurugram
Of Dead Rivers and Stranded Elephants
Slums Defy a 'Concrete' Answer

Smart Cities Are Not About Technology fThose Streets Are Made for Walking 169
The Art of Public Housing 174
Urban Planning and Chaos 179
How Rational Is Delhi's Road Rationing 184
Why Indian Cities Need Flexible Plans f88
Villages That Live in Our Cities 192
Property Rights for Future Migrants 197
The Detroit Syndrome 2O2
Singapore's Next Frontier 206
Drainage Networks, Not Roads, Are Arteries of the City 211
The Splintered Democracy 215
ECONOMICS
The End of Equilibrium Economics?
At Sixty-Rethinking the Indian State
25 Years of Reforms: Why f 99I Is a Turning
Point of Similar Importance as 1947
Moving the Behemoth
Why India Need to No Longer Be an Ashokan
Republic, But a Chanakyan One
'Demographic Dividend' Is Under Way with
Collapse in Fertility
The End of Population Growth
Investment Binge in America Will Now Drive the
Next Boom-Bust Cycle
Is Brexit Really Irrational?
Trumponomics l0l: Decoding Donald Trump's
Economic Vision
Go Beyond Statistics
Will US Federal Reserve's Rate Hike Make
Global Capital Expensive?
The Left Paralysis
The Dollar's Long Tail
The Customisation Revolution
Rise of Tomorrow's Middle Class
Bretton Woods III
In Praise of Global Imbalances
Why We Need a 'Transparency of Rules' Act
A Framework for Creative Destruction
Building a Framework for Policy and
Governance Based on Civilisational Values