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Page 17 - Book Review

The struggle for utopia

The Struggle and the Promise - Restoring India's Potential, has turned out to be a refreshing take on why and how India should become a global leader in the next few decades

The struggle for utopia
Updated On : 15 Feb 2022 | 5:12 AM IST

The modern feeding frenzy

Mr Saladino has an 18-year-old backpacker's willingness to light out for remote destinations far from the usual food-writer feeding troughs

The modern feeding frenzy
Updated On : 13 Feb 2022 | 11:34 PM IST

Disruption as a business process

How did Silicon Valley become the hub of the world's most disruptive and innovative start-ups? The setting up of Stanford University definitely can claim some credit for that

Disruption as a business process
Updated On : 11 Feb 2022 | 3:22 AM IST

Profiting from purpose

Deep Purpose is a modern-day timeless classic on how individuals and institutions intersect to produce performance and profit through the alchemy of purpose

Profiting from purpose
Updated On : 09 Feb 2022 | 11:07 PM IST

The ESG imperative

The need for businesses to shift their practices from wasteful extraction to sustainable, regenerative, equitable systems has never been greater

The ESG imperative
Updated On : 08 Feb 2022 | 11:00 PM IST

The tale of Ghulam Rasool Galwan

Many travellers have written about their experiences. But I don't think a mere porter has. That too in a foreign language. That's what makes Galwan's diary so absolutely unique

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2022 | 11:28 PM IST

Battling an ancient scourge

In Phantom Plague, Vidya Krishnan lays out the long, maddening history of tuberculosis

Battling an ancient scourge
Updated On : 06 Feb 2022 | 11:40 PM IST

The everyman performer

The authors take us through some engaging anecdotes from Kumar's personal life

The everyman performer
Updated On : 04 Feb 2022 | 12:10 AM IST

Addressing the China challenge

The author has argued that India, America, and Japan are China's key rivals

Addressing the China challenge
Updated On : 02 Feb 2022 | 11:28 PM IST

Notes from a 'mainland North-easterner'

Replete with anecdotes, The Eastern Gate provides an all-encompassing view of the troubles of the north-east

Notes from a 'mainland North-easterner'
Updated On : 31 Jan 2022 | 11:21 PM IST

Game theories

Mr Roeder is himself a player, and he structures much of his narrative around his entry in major competitions

Game theories
Updated On : 30 Jan 2022 | 11:24 PM IST

Royal contrarians

An expertly researched book seeks to question the stereotypes about India's princely states

Royal contrarians
Updated On : 28 Jan 2022 | 10:48 PM IST

The world tomorrow

Mr Macaes has set out the implications of the pandemic cogently -but he does not offer quick-fix solutions

The world tomorrow
Updated On : 28 Jan 2022 | 12:03 AM IST

Living with uncertainty

The author has many suggestions on how best to take on and succeed in this emerging, bewildering world

Living with uncertainty
Updated On : 27 Jan 2022 | 3:01 AM IST

A promising road map for millennials

For professionals who are well read, the book will appeal to the historian in you

A promising road map for millennials
Updated On : 25 Jan 2022 | 11:22 PM IST

An expansive view of the BJP

Nalin Mehta combines scholarship, in-depth reportage and first-person interviews with a wide range of senior BJP leaders and junior functionaries

An expansive view of the BJP
Updated On : 24 Jan 2022 | 11:29 PM IST

A Fed morality tale

Mr Leonard has chosen Rexnord as an example advisedly

A Fed morality tale
Updated On : 24 Jan 2022 | 12:04 AM IST

Auroville in letter and spirit: a long-time resident's tell-all account

A long-time resident writes about an intensely personal journey that overlaps with the controversies within this international community devoted to spiritual harmony

Auroville in letter and spirit: a long-time resident's tell-all account
Updated On : 22 Jan 2022 | 2:19 AM IST

The art of leaning in

The bias against women in general finds many mentions in the book

The art of leaning in
Updated On : 20 Jan 2022 | 11:48 PM IST

A financial alchemist's roller-coaster story

Mr Hands describes some of his early deals, which reflect the essence of his approach

A financial alchemist's roller-coaster story
Updated On : 20 Jan 2022 | 12:16 AM IST