Page 35 - Book Review
Fitness for upward mobility
A workout for your brain, Muscular India exhorts readers to confront the myth of progress and the malaise of middle-class India
 "Fitness for upward mobility")
India: From self-important to important
The one area where the book doesn't say as much as it could have is on digital sovereignty - and that's my gripe
 "India: From self-important to important")
Bird watching with Sálim Ali
Our nocturnal friends, the pygmy owlets and shriek owls, are alas, fewer now than when we moved in first two decades ago
A banker's eye view of rural India
Rural India accounts for about half of all consumption. This makes it imperative for companies wishing to establish a foothold in this market to understand the dynamics of the rural economy
 "A banker's eye view of rural India")
Work of arts
A unique collaboration between legendary photographer Nemai Ghosh and celebrated painter Paresh Maity yields a collectors' item
 "Work of arts")
RSS at the crossroads
From Mr Narayanan's book, RSS appears to be searching for answers, and is keen to change
 "RSS at the crossroads")
Gay pride in India Inc
This business book is not a yawn-inducing volume stuffed with facts and figures alone
 "Gay pride in India Inc")
Western delusions
Mr Mishra points out that western liberal intellectuals are now sensing a serious challenge to the West-led world order, defined by democracy, free markets and globalisation
 "Western delusions")
Hands across the border
Suketu Mehta makes a passionate case for the immigrant's right to free movement
 "Hands across the border")
Society, science & technology
This is a slim book but it requires your full engagement to understand the questions and nuances raised by each example
 "Society, science & technology")
America's right turn
One of Perlstein's favourite sports is to poke fun at the cluelessness of establishment commentators from the mainstream media
 "America's right turn")
Signals from Shaheen Bagh: Not all battles are fought in electoral arena
The Shaheen Bagh protest lasted 101 days, inspired many similar protests across India, and drew parallels with the Khilafat movement of a century back
 "Signals from Shaheen Bagh: Not all battles are fought in electoral arena")
Genders without borders
This book is packed with information about political developments in different continents and nuggets from queer scholarship
 "Genders without borders")
Paradise discovered
Yunnan province was first off the mark in "rediscovering" Shangri-la in its own Tibetan borderlands
 "Paradise discovered")
The flawed and the unforgettable
Perhaps the book that has disturbed me the most among the lot that I've read during the pandemic-induced lockdown has been Tara Westover's memoir Educated
Order in the time of disorder
Ms Kondo quotes studies that prove that messy workplaces are bad for health as well as business
 "Order in the time of disorder")
Migration, survival and politics
There is a biological imperative to move when the environment turns hostile
 "Migration, survival and politics")
Coping with uncertainty
Although the world is grappling with numerous uncertainties, here's one worth pondering
 "Coping with uncertainty")
'Write a paper, see the world'
Mr Lodges' satire on modern-day campus life is far removed from the popular vision of academia as a world of cerebral heavy-weights locked in their ivory towers in a single-minded pursuit of knowledge
The culture of gender violence
Ms Kaushal's journey into the homes of these men reveals disturbing realities and, ironically, ends up humanising them
 "The culture of gender violence")
