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{{Italic title}}'''''The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis''''' is a book by [[Parakala Prabhakar]] which was published on May 5, 2023 by [[Speaking Tiger Books]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prabhākar |first=Parakāla |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ_uzwEACAAJ |title=The Crooked Timber of New India Essays on a Republic in Crisis |date=2023-05-05 |publisher=[[Speaking Tiger Books]] |isbn=978-93-5447-413-2 |language=en}}</ref> It is mainly focused on the current state of the Indian republic. The title is derived from a quotation from philosopher [[Immanuel Kant]]: "'''Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made'''," from his 1784 essay "[[Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose]].<br />
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== Critical reception ==<br />
[[Pulapre Balakrishnan]] of [[The Hindu]] wrote "Parakala Prabhakar's book on the state of democracy in India is useful but ignores some pointers",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balakrishnan |first=Pulapre |date=2023-06-08 |title=Review of The Crooked Timber of New India — Essays on a Republic in Crisis: India after 2014 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/india-democracy-politics-prime-minister-modi/article66937166.ece |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Avijit Pathak of [[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]] wrote "I have no hesitation in saying that this book ought to be read by all those who dare to speak truth to power.".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pathak |first=Avijit |date=May 21, 2023 |title='The Crooked Timber of New India' by Parakala Prabhakar speaks truth to power |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/book-reviews/the-crooked-timber-of-new-india-by-parakala-prabhakar-speaks-truth-to-power-509720# |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]}}</ref> The book is also reviewed by Bibek Debroy of [[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |date=July 14, 2023 |title=Here's a flawed diagnosis |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/heres-a-flawed-diagnosis-parakala-prabhakar-knows-about-the-indemnity-clause-moderna-and-pfizer-insisted-on/cid/1951941 |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> and Safwat Zargar of [[Scroll.in]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zargar |first=Safwat |date=2023-07-09 |title='The Crooked Timber of New India': A timely commentary on India's pivot towards illiberal democracy |url=https://scroll.in/article/1052098/the-crooked-timber-of-new-india-a-timely-commentary-on-indias-pivot-towards-illiberal-democracy |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=[[Scroll.in]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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