Page 43 - Book Review
The case for UBI
Several recent books have provided good background briefings for UBI prograe
Football's new capitalists
Most of us take European football's foreign owners as a fact of life, but their rise is a recent phenomenon - about two decades old - and they have changed the face of the sport dramatically
Faith-based felon
Anurag Tripathi attempts to lift the lid off such heinous misdemeanours in a baldly titled new book, Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim: A Decade-Long Investigation
Putin vs the US 'reset'
In the wake of Russia's 2008 war with Georgia, the Obama administration attempted to reboot relations with the Kremlin
The man who dressed Mick Jagger
The Nutters suit, unlike others on the Row, was cut for flash: tight-waisted and small-chested to emphasise the body
 "The man who dressed Mick Jagger")
How India wastes away
Readers might get a faint hint of a stink in their argument linking India's problem of waste to the caste system alone
A prince in Bollywood
If Burman's music endures, it is because he was clear that his music should resonate with the common man
A chronicle of banking reform
The book briefly looks at the years before the period of economic liberalisation, understanding the need for nationalisation, defining the social objectives that the state-owned banks were serving
Neither East nor West: An Iranian rhapsody
Ayatollah Khomeini's ominous words for his country - 'neither East nor West' - turn into altogether less sinister in Ms Pryce's humour-filled telling
Countering the 'rage of Islam' theories
The book is an enlightened condensation of Islamic history and philosophy for those seeking a perspective on the conundrum in which many Muslims find themselves today
The India-Pakistan conundrum
Two macro-facts that the author highlights are, however, relevant for an understanding of continuing hostilities between the two nations in spite of negotiations for peace.
What would Shakespeare have made of Trump?
We learn not simply what Trump tells us about Shakespeare but what Shakespeare tells us about Trump
The rise and rise of East India Company
The most fascinating chapter of this book is the Company's response to the Amboyna massacre
The world in an arc
The book might appear to lack unity of purpose, but the comprehensive collection of pieces definitely opens a window to a wider horizon
Global and local jihad
Though ISIS has been incapacitated in Iraq and Syria, Mr Johny argues that this is by no means the end of the story for this global jihadist grouping
Intoxication down the ages
The pub crawl can get a little exhausting, and the reader can get bloated on the relentless whimsy
A Dalit family finds happiness
Reading Narendra Jadhav's Outcaste: A Memoir was no source of discomfort
'Factfulness' book review: The world is not really as bad as you think
'Factfulness' offers a booster inoculation against the prevailing irrational pessimism
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Evolution of people management
Book review of CEO Chess Master or Gardener: How Game-Changing HR Reforms Created a New Future for Bank of Baroda
Prying open history
Book review of Reporter: A Memoir
