The non-fiction titles reflected on the pandemic, and with too many countries taking an authoritarian turn, several writers looked to the past to explain the presentUnprecedented. History perhaps will not agree with this word, having seen cycles of disaster — war, earthquakes, famines, plagues — with unerring regularity. As for India, like many other countries around the globe, the virus preyed on the poor and vulnerable. Books of the year reflected on the pandemic and the trauma and with too many countries taking an authoritarian turn, several writers looked to the past to explain the present. Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel stressed in Overdraft that there is no time to waste on NPAs.

Source: The Hindu December 26, 2020 11:20 UTC