Page 18 - Book Review
Against the grain: Technology and us
The book argues that about five years ago, the average user would tap their phone 2,617 times a day and the top 10 per cent would do 5,427 taps per 132 different sessions per day
 "Against the grain: Technology and us")
Should B-schools add a sociological perspective?
The author, currently a professor at an IIM, rightly turns his introspective gaze on these types of questions
 "Should B-schools add a sociological perspective?")
Combating civil wars
Ms Walter has a political scientist's fondness for data sets and numerical scales
 "Combating civil wars")
Living with the gods
This book fills a gap in popular knowledge about temples and their architecture, which is tucked away in obscure texts or left to the imagination of tour guides
 "Living with the gods")
Unmasking India's Covid response
This is a tough book to process, especially if getting through the day is hard enough and leaves you with little energy to learn about how others have suffered and continue to suffer
 "Unmasking India's Covid response")
AMU and intellectual imagination
The author tries to present the AMU story in the context of the mind of Muslims in India
 "AMU and intellectual imagination")
Deep data dive, shallow approach
The book appears to be a compendium of articles written for various publications over the years with more structure and better prose
 "Deep data dive, shallow approach")
Gandhian praxis for global institutions
The author finds South Asia a disturbing neighbourhood, where India has to reckon with neighbours' internal problems conflating its own with lingering problems.
 "Gandhian praxis for global institutions")
Carl Bernstein on life in a 1960s' newsroom
The book tells the story of his journalistic apprenticeship at The Evening Star, the Pepsi to The Washington Post's Coca-Cola, from 1960 to 1965
 "Carl Bernstein on life in a 1960s' newsroom")
Mythology and geography
What do such stories say about the interconnectedness of mythology and geography? If not facts, aren't these stories fascinating?
 "Mythology and geography")
SBI: A limited account
The book gives several examples of government interference in the working of the bank, despite the then finance minister's assurances to the contrary in Parliament
 "SBI: A limited account")
Admiring the Milkman
This book is a fine example of a hagiographic account of Kurien.
 "Admiring the Milkman")
The ins and outs of cocktails
Some of the material in The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails is relatively heavy going
 "The ins and outs of cocktails")
Creating the non-citizen: Intricacies of the proposed NPR and NRC exercises
A welcome collation of essays and memoirs explores the intricacies of the proposed NPR and NRC exercises and their implications for the Indian republic
 "Creating the non-citizen: Intricacies of the proposed NPR and NRC exercises")
Passage to the past
The irascible Hans likes to stick to the facts, but even those spare details reveal a bleak story, heightened by the gentle humour and empathy with which the son tells it
 "Passage to the past")
V P Singh's half revolution
Through this book, you get glimpses of an India you think is left far behind
 "V P Singh's half revolution")
The defence rests
It's a pity that Justice Gogoi doesn't discuss the process by which collective decisions are arrived at in the judiciary as a whole
 "The defence rests")
Why India is a tech laggard
The author attempts to figure out the underlying reasons for this reluctance to adopt the right technology at the right moment
 "Why India is a tech laggard")
The man-god dynamic
Accidental Gods meanders at times, delineating some connections that are less plausible than others
 "The man-god dynamic")
The business of saving the earth
Net Positive is a concept that entails the corporation putting back more into the environment and society than it takes out
 "The business of saving the earth")
