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Page 56 - Book Review

Intoxication down the ages

The pub crawl can get a little exhausting, and the reader can get bloated on the relentless whimsy

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Updated On : 03 Jun 2018 | 11:08 PM IST

A Dalit family finds happiness

Reading Narendra Jadhav's Outcaste: A Memoir was no source of discomfort

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Updated On : 02 Jun 2018 | 11:11 AM IST

'Factfulness' book review: The world is not really as bad as you think

'Factfulness' offers a booster inoculation against the prevailing irrational pessimism

'Factfulness' book review: The world is not really as bad as you think
Updated On : 02 Jun 2018 | 3:27 AM IST

Evolution of people management

Book review of CEO Chess Master or Gardener: How Game-Changing HR Reforms Created a New Future for Bank of Baroda

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Updated On : 01 Jun 2018 | 5:54 AM IST

Prying open history

Book review of Reporter: A Memoir

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Updated On : 30 May 2018 | 9:18 PM IST

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

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Updated On : 30 May 2018 | 5:53 AM IST

Alternative facts on the nuclear deal

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

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Updated On : 29 May 2018 | 5:54 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 28 May 2018 | 5:56 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 24 May 2018 | 5:54 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 23 May 2018 | 5:56 AM IST

Paying the price for foreign aid

Indian officials come across as being surprisingly entrepreneurial in securing aid

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Updated On : 22 May 2018 | 5:54 AM IST

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'

Harish Kapadia's book on key expeditions in Himalayas is a compelling read
Updated On : 18 May 2018 | 10:35 PM IST

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

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Updated On : 16 May 2018 | 5:58 AM IST

The ascent of malaria

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

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Updated On : 15 May 2018 | 5:56 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 11 May 2018 | 5:56 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 07 May 2018 | 12:34 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 03 May 2018 | 5:55 AM IST

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

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Updated On : 29 Apr 2018 | 11:08 PM IST

Reinventing the HR wheel

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

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Updated On : 25 Apr 2018 | 10:17 PM IST

'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

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Updated On : 22 Apr 2018 | 11:50 PM IST