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Fuzzy logic for the liberal arts

Scott Hartley makes the case that it's those people who have college degrees in the humanities are the ones who have created the most successful, creative business ideas in recent times

Alternative facts on the nuclear deal

Book review of 'A Debate to Remember: The US-India Nuclear Deal'

The Punjabi-uncle way of peacemaking

In essence, the book makes a pitch for a new India-Pakistan peace process, led by what Mr Durrani describes as a 'group of wise men' trusted by both countries' national security establishment

The mentor of Narendra Modi's BJP

Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee's biography has been arranged in chronological fashion, starting in the years that open the 20th century

Deep thinking on the Indian Ocean

The strong theme that emerges from the essays is the tension between China's stated goals of economic development and degree to which it has been unable to convince India of sincerity of its intention

Paying the price for foreign aid

Indian officials come across as being surprisingly entrepreneurial in securing aid

Harish Kapadia's book on key expeditions in Himalayas is a compelling read

One of the moving accounts of expiditions in this book is by the legendary Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner, entitled 'Odyssey on Nanga Parbat'

India through epitaphs

Mr Bedi writes with flair on film stars, and meticulously chronicles their humble beginnings and work in what was then Bombay before gaining success in film

The ascent of malaria

Fever also makes the compelling case that the epidemiology of malaria has historically been rooted in environmental change.

The anatomy of brand crises

The book looks at a large number of brands that have withstood crisis. Many have managed to come back stronger, but the book also speaks of a few brands that have not been able to withstand the shock

The hazards of idealism

The Moralist is a fluid account that feels shorter than its 600-plus pages. Despite its length, there isn't a passage that drags or feels superfluous

An argumentative Indian

This compendium of essays, brought out on the occasion of his 80th birthday, has been penned by authors, philosophers, economists, all of whom have enjoyed 'civic friendships' with Mr Nandy

The walls that Hillary built

Chasing Hillary is the best explanation so far of why that is. Ms Chozick describes Ms Clinton's press shop

Reinventing the HR wheel

The G3 is the first of seven steps this "playbook" outlines

'On Grand Strategy' book review: How to wage war

Ten lively essays proceed in chronological order from King Xerxes' invasion of Greece to Isaiah Berlin's thoughts on World War II and the Cold War

Infirmities of the welfare state

The author has x-rayed every beneficiary-target-oriented welfare programme launched by the Indian state for the past 70 years

Ballot box as change agent

Book review of Rasheed Kidwai's 'Ballot: Ten episodes that have shaped India's democracy'

From a principle to a right

The success of the 1951 general election in terms of providing representation to India in all its complexity was crucial to the stability of the then-young constitutional framework

'The Hollow Kingdom' book review: Jihad is a radical misunderstanding

Book written by Edna Fernandes

'Enlightenment Now' review: Pinker continues to see the glass half full

Improvements in health have bettered the human condition enormously