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Climate change: Fear and hope

Book review of Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency

Climate change: Fear and hope
Updated On : 30 Oct 2020 | 2:56 AM IST

Case studies in dissent

Book review of Rebels with a cause: Famous Dissenters and Why They are Not Being Heard

Case studies in dissent
Updated On : 14 Oct 2020 | 12:35 AM IST

Scandal as history

Zubrzycki's recent history is familiar ground for anyone with a passing interest in princely affairs but is, nevertheless, compelling

Scandal as history
Updated On : 10 Oct 2020 | 12:11 AM IST

Inner landscapes in an unsettled universe

Book review of Intimations: Six Essays

Inner landscapes in an unsettled universe
Updated On : 09 Oct 2020 | 12:13 AM IST

Our algorithmic planet

Book review of Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

Our algorithmic planet
Updated On : 06 Oct 2020 | 11:23 PM IST

The rhythms of Chinese history

Book review of The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People

The rhythms of Chinese history
Updated On : 06 Oct 2020 | 1:48 AM IST

Tycoon-in-chief

Book review of White House, Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency Into a Business

Tycoon-in-chief
Updated On : 04 Oct 2020 | 11:21 PM IST

A Gandhian 'romance': Setting the record straight

Book review of Lost Letters and Feminist Histories: The Political Friendship of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

A Gandhian 'romance': Setting the record straight
Updated On : 02 Oct 2020 | 1:05 PM IST

A most misunderstood PM

Book review of Chandra Shekhar and the Six Months that Saved India

A most misunderstood PM
Updated On : 01 Oct 2020 | 1:08 AM IST

Nature calls

Book review of Every Creature Has a Story: What Science Reveals about Animal Behaviour

Nature calls
Updated On : 30 Sep 2020 | 1:49 AM IST

Luka Modric's riveting autobiography, like him, covers a lot of ground

Expectedly, the book lifts when Modric talks about Croatia's World Cup adventure, the crippling disappointment of which is evident in Modric's writing

Luka Modric's riveting autobiography, like him, covers a lot of ground
Updated On : 26 Sep 2020 | 6:10 AM IST

The art of coping with rejection

Book review of Spring: Bouncing Back From Rejection

The art of coping with rejection
Updated On : 23 Sep 2020 | 1:43 AM IST

Beyond the boundaries

Book review of Breaking Through: A Memoir

Beyond the boundaries
Updated On : 22 Sep 2020 | 2:58 AM IST

Of human bondage

It is such detailed work on forced labour that could have been significant

Of human bondage
Updated On : 16 Sep 2020 | 12:14 AM IST

Donald Trump's dystopian universe

The Mr Trump that emerges in Rage is impetuous and self-aggrandising - in other words, immediately recognisable to anyone paying even the minimal amount of attention

Donald Trump's dystopian universe
Updated On : 15 Sep 2020 | 1:39 AM IST

Fitness for upward mobility

A workout for your brain, Muscular India exhorts readers to confront the myth of progress and the malaise of middle-class India

Fitness for upward mobility
Updated On : 12 Sep 2020 | 1:34 AM IST

India: From self-important to important

The one area where the book doesn't say as much as it could have is on digital sovereignty - and that's my gripe

India: From self-important to important
Updated On : 10 Sep 2020 | 12:12 AM IST

Bird watching with Sálim Ali

Our nocturnal friends, the pygmy owlets and shriek owls, are alas, fewer now than when we moved in first two decades ago

Image
Updated On : 09 Sep 2020 | 12:32 AM IST

A banker's eye view of rural India

Rural India accounts for about half of all consumption. This makes it imperative for companies wishing to establish a foothold in this market to understand the dynamics of the rural economy

A banker's eye view of rural India
Updated On : 08 Sep 2020 | 12:58 AM IST

Work of arts

A unique collaboration between legendary photographer Nemai Ghosh and celebrated painter Paresh Maity yields a collectors' item

Work of arts
Updated On : 05 Sep 2020 | 2:06 AM IST