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Koushiki Dasgupta, Sadhus in Indian Politics: Dynamics of Hindutva. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. 2021. 284 pages. ₹847. ISBN: 9789391370961.

While laying ethnographic focus on the Gorakhnath Math complex located in the North Indian city of Gorakhpur, this article examines the central role that this institution has come to play over the decades in determining the relationships between political and cultural processes in the region. Detailing the event of the Khichdi Mela as observed in the Hindu month of Magha every year, the article looks at the activities of the participating devotees and at the strategic role played by the Mahant of the shrine, Yogi Adityanath, in the organisation of this event. It is argued that Yogi Adityanath's presence inside the Math, on one of the most sacred days of the Hindu calendar, and its meaning shared by devotees, is very complex and multilayered. The sacredness involved in offering Khichdi on this day is not limited to mere symbolism. In addition, religion as a resource for power is reinforced by shared meanings and collective sentiments.

Mukul Dube, India Since 2002: Articles Published in Mainstream, New Delhi, AlterNotes Press, 2015, 198 pp., ₹380, ISBN: 978-81-908923-6-0. Yogesh Atal and Sunil K. Choudhary, Right Turn in Indian Polity—Modi on BJP's Chariot, New Delhi, Har-Anand Publication, 2015, 248 pp., ₹695, ISBN: 978-81-241-1888-7.

Formation of detonation waves in a tube is a complex phenomenon and depends upon many factors like ignition energy, presence of a deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) enhancement device and spatial distribution of fuel, etc. In present study, gaseous octane-air mixtures have been examined by varying the equivalence ratio linearly along the axial direction of the detonation tube though the overall stoichiometry was maintained in the tube. Three different conditions have been modelled and studied, which includes small, moderate and large, fuel density gradient in axial direction with equivalence ratio ranging from 1 to 2 near the ignition zone. A series of simulation study have been conducted and the analysis of simulation results reveal that the DDT onset is significantly affected by the initial fuel distribution at the ignition zone as well as on fuel density gradient in a detonation tube. It has been observed thata moderate gradient in the fuel density distribution is favorable for onset of detonations. From the study of pressure plots for above mentioned conditions it has been found that the presence of large gradients in fuel density has adverse effect on the stability of detonation wave.