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Ankur Warikoo: ‘When it comes to money, it’s important to know who you are listening to and why’
After 'Do Epic Shit' (2021) and 'Get Epic Shit Done' (2022), entrepreneur and content creator Ankur Warikoo is out with his third book 'Make Epic Money' to offer practical, self-tested advice on financial planning and wealth creation.
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Comedian Kanan Gill: 'I’ve had many novels sputter and die in notebooks and on hard disks'
Kanan Gill: Standup is highest-risk high-reward. You put yourself out there and get instant adulation or public embarrassment. With writing... your failures are private, and you can simply delete them. On the flip-side, the validation takes a very, very long time to come.
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Daisy Rockwell: ‘It’s very difficult to break through a zeitgeist steeped in misinformation, bigotry, ignorance’
International Booker Prize-winning American translator Daisy Rockwell on the absence of panel discussions on the genocide in Palestine at Indian literature festivals, misinformation, and how translations are poorly marketed.
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Let's 'un-forget' women who contributed to the making of the Indian Constitution: Achyut Chetan
Achyut Chetan on the problem with saying "founder fathers", gaps in scholarship, and how the 17 women in India's Constituent Assembly contributed to the Constitution of India.
BOOKS
Book review: 'The Man Who Made History' is a feel-good biography of Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra
Veteran sports journalist Norris Pritam's book's release is well-timed as Chopra prepares to train ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he will have to defend his title. The book is, however, not the first such account of his family and friends and there is a glaring omission.
BOOKS
Book review | Dr Rajeev Kurapati’s 'The Book of Body Positivity' is informative and uplifting
'The Book of Body Positivity: How We Got It All Wrong and What We Can Do about It' uses an empowering tone, assuring readers that obesity should not be reduced to a personal failure. It is caused by multiple factors.
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Arthashastra for Children author Deepa Agarwal: Kautilya’s theories on the art of governing a country are timeless
Children's books author Deepa Agarwal on encouraging children to understand and debate economic issues, and building good habits around money early on.
BOOKS
Navina Najat Haidar: ‘Gandhian architect Laurie Baker adapted the jali to modern buildings, keeping in mind the issues of climate, environment and sustainability’
Art historian Navina Najat Haidar, the Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah curator in charge of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, talks about her new book 'Jali: Lattice of Divine Light in Mughal Architecture'.
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Becoming Gandhi book review: My experiments in living by the Mahatma's principles
Author Perry Garfinkel chose to adhere to truth, nonviolence, vegetarianism, simplicity, faith, and celibacy for 18 months, to find out if it's possible to follow in Mahatma Gandhi's footsteps in the 21st century.
BOOKS
How can India achieve 8% growth? Motilal Oswal Financial Services' Nikhil Gupta's new book has answers
In 'The Eight Per Cent Solution: A Strategy for India’s Growth', Gupta addresses the lack of attention towards finances of the household sector and the unlisted corporate sector. One of the surest ways to incentivise companies to align with national objectives is to link the latter with higher profits, he says.
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IDAHOBIT 2023 | What trans people say about the viral TATA Starbucks ad
On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, or IDAHOBIT (May 17), a look at what the ad makers and other trans people have to say about the TATA Starbucks ad featuring a trans character.
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Shah Rukh Khan at launch of Gauri Khan's coffee-table book 'My Life in Design': We had no money to furnish Mannat when we bought it
Gauri Khan has worked on design projects for filmmakers Karan Johar, Farah Khan, and Kabir Khan; actors Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Malaika Arora and Jacqueline Fernandez; and fashion designer Manish Malhotra, among others. The book contains several photographs featuring glimpses of Gauri Khan with them in their homes.
BOOKS
Book review | Boria Majumdar’s ‘Sachin@50’ is an effusive celebration of the maestro, not a critical biography
This book will also strike a chord with readers who are not cricket enthusiasts but are curious about why Sachin Tendulkar gets all the adulation that comes his way, not only for sports but also his conduct off the pitch.
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Azim Premji Foundation CEO Anurag Behar: 'Average people can do really good things, that's how the world changes for the better'
Behar, also the founding vice-chancellor of Azim Premji University, on his new book 'A Matter of the Heart: Education in India', education equity and access, edtech, and National Education Policy 2020.
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Javed Akhtar: 'I used to think of Stalin as my grandfather and Ghalib as my uncle'
Poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar spoke to us about his two new books, 'Talking Life: Javed Akthar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir' and 'Daaera: The Circle', on the sidelines of the recently concluded Kolkata Literary Meet at Victoria Memorial Museum.
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Takeaways from a talk by Sapiens and Unstoppable Us author Yuval Noah Harari
At a recent launch of his new book series 'Unstoppable Us', the Israeli historian, professor and author, who's in India for Vipassana, said the purpose of learning history is to liberate ourselves from our fears, illusions and miseries.
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Book review | SV Nathan's 'The Heart of Work' foregrounds lessons personal and professional
The book underlines the fact that the workplace is not only a place to get things done, it thrives on relationships, mutual respect and kindness.
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'National-level conversations mask high degree of variation of growth and access at regional level'
Tata Trusts' Poornima Dore and IIT Bombay Economics Professor K. Narayanan on why businesses pick one region over another, and specialization vs diversification as growth strategy for a region.
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Book review | 'Leapfrog' is a mentorship programme condensed into a book
There is a lot of practical advice in Mukesh Sud and Priyank Narayan's book 'Leapfrog: Six Practices to Thrive at Work', especially for senior employees who fear being rendered obsolete by agile new entrants at the workplace.
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Book review: Afterness: Home and Away by former HUL chairman Ashok S. Ganguly is a frank autobiography with a dash of humour
Read this book to learn about HUL's Ashok Ganguly’s hilarious experiences with job interviews, his work at Unilever, and the frustration he experienced as a nominated Rajya Sabha member.
LIFESTYLE-TRENDS
Daisy Rockwell: 'None of my translations have been nominated for an award in India before'
The translator of Geetanjali Shree's International Booker Prize-winning Tomb of Sand — shortlisted for JCB Prize for Literature 2022 and longlisted for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2022 — on life after the win, mentoring young translators and her forthcoming projects
ENVIRONMENT
Book review: Essays in 'At the Feet of Living Things' scan human-wildlife conflict holistically
Edited by three scientists, the book presents both sides of the debate: justice, inclusion, and community governance as well as setting up of protected areas, law enforcement and policing. Therein lies its strength.
LIFESTYLE-TRENDS
Book Review: In 2022 JCB shortlisted translation of Khalid Jawed's Urdu classic 'The Paradise of Food', disgust follows delight
In a first translation of Khalid Jawed's Ne'mat Khana, by Baran Farooqi, food will make you lose your appetite, and the kitchen is a place of danger and strife
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Book review: 'Influence Empire' doesn't start as a cautionary tale, but ends up being one
What has enabled Tencent to compete with Jack Ma’s Alibaba? Why did Donald Trump try to curtail American investments in Tencent? How does Tencent benefit from investing in start-ups? The book engages with questions that are confounding for people outside China.
