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Reviews and summaries of some must-read books

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24 years ago, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published the first time: How the author’s pandering has shaped its legacy

K Bhattacharjee -
Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone marked the beginning of the boy wizard's story and was published on 26th June, 1997.
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Earth, space, time, and more: Read how Indian scholars had recorded astronomical facts centuries before they were ‘discovered’ by Westerns

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Based on original Sanskrit texts, the book “Indian Astronomy: A Source-Book” narrates how ancient India excelled in astronomy
Opinions

Manoj Das the storyteller: Alive forever, in a million smiles and a million memories

Sanghamitra -
How does something as insignificant, and as regular as death binds a writer who is alive in a thousand stories.
Books

How Anna Hazare’s 2011 anti-corruption movement led by Arvind Kejriwal could have helped Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha election

Rahul Roushan -
While the movement around Jan Lokpal Bill is widely acknowledged to have hurt Congress, the original plans might have been different.
News Reports

PM Modi prays at Jashoreshwari peetha in Bangladesh: All you need to know about the historic temple, where left palm of the Devi lies

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers in Jashoreshwari temple in Satkhira district in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Books

Rahul Roushan’s book ‘Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha’ goes out of stock on Amazon

OpIndia Staff -
The Kindle version of the book, however, can be pre-ordered on Amazon.
News Reports

Went undercover as ‘Iftikhar Bhatt’, killed two Hizbul terrorists: The story of Major Mohit Sharma

Dibakar Dutta -
Major Mohit Sharma from the 1 Para Special Forces was martyred in an anti-terror operation in Kupwara in 2009.
Entertainment

As Sonu Sood’s book ‘I am no messiah’ gets negative ratings, Amazon restricts review submission

OpIndia Staff -
When Sood, in his memoirs, writes that he is not a messiah, he is being quite honest.
News Reports

Pranab Mukherjee’s last memoir, set to be released in 2021, slams Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi for Congress’ downfall: Details

OpIndia Staff -
With book releasing in 2021, 'The Presidential Years' gives us a glimpse of President Pranab Mukherjee at his best," the publication tweeted.
News Reports

‘It is an open secret that Pakistani military had ties with Taliban and possibly even Al Qaeda’: Former US President Barack Obama in his...

OpIndia Staff -
Barack Obama writes in his memoir that Pakistan was not informed about the Abbottabad mission as its military had links with terror groups
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