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Page 21 - Book Review

London calling

The effort is in effect a history of an encounter with a metropolis that once ruled India, anecdotally expressed in an undogmatic manner

London calling
Updated On : 02 Nov 2021 | 10:51 PM IST

Climate change: A VC's eye view

Speed & Scale is an actionable manifesto for humanity to save the planet from us

Climate change: A VC's eye view
Updated On : 02 Nov 2021 | 12:35 AM IST

Steadfast leader in a shaky world

Merkel didn't talk to Marton for this book. But she has doggedly retraced Merkel's trail, and the story she brings is a good one

Steadfast leader in a shaky world
Updated On : 31 Oct 2021 | 10:54 PM IST

How to learn from setbacks

Readers should pay heed to the chapter in which Mr Erikson spells out the four stages through which one passes when trying to learn something new

How to learn from setbacks
Updated On : 28 Oct 2021 | 10:42 PM IST

Edward Said: From academic to global icon

This book is not a conventional biography; it is an intellectual history that explores the diverse influences that shaped Said's thinking

Edward Said: From academic to global icon
Updated On : 27 Oct 2021 | 11:23 PM IST

The first proletariat dictatorship

The Commune remains, despite its short-lived existence, a testimony to the human will to rise against regimes

The first proletariat dictatorship
Updated On : 26 Oct 2021 | 10:56 PM IST

Exploration and identity

Mr Vatsa narrates both history and personal anecdotes with poetic charm

Exploration and identity
Updated On : 25 Oct 2021 | 11:28 PM IST

The harm of unexamined stereotypes

As Ms Nordell knows, the very concept of unconscious bias can sound exculpatory

The harm of unexamined stereotypes
Updated On : 24 Oct 2021 | 10:28 PM IST

Another kind of pen pushing

India's English-language writer-bureaucrats are a unique breed

Another kind of pen pushing
Updated On : 22 Oct 2021 | 11:07 PM IST

'A legacy of public reasoning'

Historians are always befuddled by chronological coincidences

'A legacy of public reasoning'
Updated On : 22 Oct 2021 | 1:43 AM IST

'The '65' deconstructed

In '65, Pakistan was muscled up with new arms donated by the Americans, courtesy the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation alliance

'The '65' deconstructed
Updated On : 21 Oct 2021 | 12:11 AM IST

A Nooyi look at life

The book holds a mirror to leaders on why it's not necessary to put up a show of being a superwoman or a superman

A Nooyi look at life
Updated On : 20 Oct 2021 | 12:34 AM IST

Modernity, born in Africa

Born in Blackness is filled with pain, but also with pride: pride at the endurance of oppressed millions

Modernity, born in Africa
Updated On : 18 Oct 2021 | 12:10 AM IST

Zohra Segal's many avatars

Ritu Menon compellingly captures how the versatile actor took on the many vicissitudes of a tumultuous life

Zohra Segal's many avatars
Updated On : 15 Oct 2021 | 11:13 PM IST

Hindi cinema's Weltanschauung

One can see the parallels in our own and in world politics

Hindi cinema's Weltanschauung
Updated On : 15 Oct 2021 | 12:02 AM IST

India's South Asia challenge

The book is a descriptive analysis of India's foreign policy vis-a-vis nine neighbouring countries

India's South Asia challenge
Updated On : 14 Oct 2021 | 12:16 AM IST

Spy versus spy

Mr Levy and Ms Scott-Clark are known for their detailing and their latest book will not disappoint their readers

Spy versus spy
Updated On : 13 Oct 2021 | 12:08 AM IST

AI: The origin story

Book review of Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook and the World

AI: The origin story
Updated On : 12 Oct 2021 | 2:36 PM IST

Making Gandhi a capitalist

The book is filled with such contorted and convoluted interpretations of Gandhi, so as to forcefully pin a "free market capitalist" label on him

Making Gandhi a capitalist
Updated On : 11 Oct 2021 | 11:55 PM IST

Rationality's image problem

Most of Rationality is given over to ideas from game theory and behavioural economics

Rationality's image problem
Updated On : 10 Oct 2021 | 10:52 PM IST