POI | Rajul Singh

Pages of Insight: beyond reviews and summaries

Welcome to this unique section of my blog, where we explore the intricate layers of literature. Here, we unravel the historical, social, and intellectual context that shaped extraordinary books. Beyond reviews and summaries, we uncover why these literary works were enthralling, provocative, and pioneering in their era.

Feb 20, 2023
2 min

India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present | Shivshankar Menon

"India and the Asian Geopolitics" by Shiv Shankar Menon is a comprehensive analysis of India's foreign policy in the context of Asia's rapid

Feb 20, 2023
2 min

The Assault on Reason | Al Gore

The Assault on Reason is a 2007 book by Al Gore. In the book, the former U.S. Vice President heavily criticizes the George W. Bush...

Nov 27, 2022
2 min

Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis | Kenneth Waltz

Man, the State, and War is a 1959 book on international relations by realist academic Kenneth Waltz. An introductory work that compiles...

Sep 25, 2022
4 min

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics | John Mearsheimer

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics is a book by the American scholar John Mearsheimer on the subject of international relations theory.

Sep 22, 2022
6 min

Revenge of geography | Robert D. Kaplan

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “ambitious and challenging” (The New York Review of Books) work, the bestselling author of Monsoon...

Aug 19, 2022
3 min

The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel of British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired...

Aug 18, 2022
3 min

Nations and Nationalism | Ernest André Gellner

Nations and Nationalism is an influential 1983 book by the philosopher Ernest Gellner, in which the author expands on his theory of...

Dec 9, 2021
3 min

Animal Farm | George Orwell | Book Review

Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story...

Nov 14, 2021
4 min

Prisoners of Geography | Tim Marshall | Book Review

In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial...

Jul 12, 2021
5 min

The Art Of Rhetoric - Aristotle

Aristotle's Rhetoric is an ancient Greek treatise on the art of persuasion, dating from the 4th century BCE. Human beings are always in...