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Book Review | The Trial That Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence
According to Ray, the British retreat in the INA case set off the process in London of granting complete independence to India which materialized in record time, so to say.
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Book Extract | Tea : A Global History (Edible Series) by Helen Saberi
India exports tea to more than 25 countries throughout the world. Russia, Iran, UAE, USA, the UK, Germany, and China are some of the major importers of tea from India.
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Book Extract | Speaking with Nature: The Origin of Indian Environmentalism by Ramachandra Guha
By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness.
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Strategic autonomy would have been a subset of Indian non-alignment, says 'Nehru Years' author
What is the legacy of Indian Non-Alignment, is strategic autonomy non-alignment by another name, and how Indian Non-Alignment was non-imperialist in its DNA—'The Nehru Years' author, Swapna Kona Nayudu, explains.
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The Undying Light : A Personal History of Independent India by Gopalkrishna Gandhi
This remarkable memoir, and history of India after Independence, by one of India’s most distinguished public intellectuals, begins with his memories of the assassination of his paternal grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi.
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Book Extract | The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad by Simon Parkin
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'Careless People' review: 'Darkly funny' is exactly right
Alleged sexual harassment, apathy and a ridiculous amount of navel-gazing and entitlement: Former Facebook global policy head Sarah Wynn-Williams' book about working at the social media giant from 2011-17 paints a hilarious but grim picture.
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Book Extract | The Indian Constitution: A Conversation in Power by Gautam Bhatia
The Indian Constitution: Conversations with Power takes a new approach in discussing the Constitution: as a document that creates, shapes, channels and constrains power.
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Book Extract | Crossing Paths in America and India: Memories Essays Reviews by Leonard A. Gordon
A memoir of learning, involvements, and teaching…Leonard Gordon tracks his connection to India beginning in the 1960s as he became an outsider/ insider in its society visiting often over six decades.
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Indian writer Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp wins GBP 50,000 International Booker 2025
Heart Lamp review: Banu Mushtaq's stories follow the lives of Muslim women who are constrained by tradition and responsibilities. Her protagonists are denied opportunities and resented for airing grievances. And yet, none of the stories reads like a lament.
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Book Extract | The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life by Allison Fallon
Maybe, for now, it’s just the questions you write down. No answers at all. Maybe, over time, answers begin to come.
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Book Extract | GeoTechnoGraphy: Mapping Power and Identity in the Digital Age by Samir Saran and Anirban Sarma
With the advance of the twenty-first century, we have moved deeper into the Fourth Industrial Revolution—a tech-driven epoch that ‘builds on the digital revolution and combines multiple technologies’ leading to paradigm shifts in every sphere.
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Gautam Bhatia: 'Any Constitutional document is essentially a power map of that country... India's Constitution has insufficiently democratized the colonial power map'
Lawyer and author Gautam Bhatia on what every citizen needs to know about the Indian Constitution, and spaces for public participation in our 75-year-old Constitution.
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Book Extract: Raisina Chronicles: India’s Global Public Square
Raisina Chronicles reflects on the Dialogue’s journey and brings to its readers a single volume containing thorough insights and unbridled optimism for finding common solutions to global challenges
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Book Extract: Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work
Shocking and darkly funny, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to the decisions that are shaping our world and the people who make them.
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Dream Count review: A book about four West Africans that will keep the curious Googling
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Covid-era novel about mothers and daughters is also an introduction to West African culture, food and history. Look out for the para about Delhi towards the end of the book!
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Book Excerpt| Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India by Karan Madhok
Cannabis, or ganja, is practically as old as recorded Indian civilization, with references to the plant being found in some of India’s earliest written texts and myths.
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Book Extract: Now that I have your attention by Nicholas Hamilton
Nicolas Hamilton has been exceeding expectations since day one. He is the paternal half-brother of the legendary racing car driver Lewis Hamilton
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100 Indian stories in English translation: From Odia literature's Bamacharan Mitra to Rajasthan's Vijaydan Detha, the making of an anthology
From Bengal to Maharashtra and from the Hindi heartland to the four southern states, editor AJ Thomas has curated a sampling menu of short stories from different regions, languages, time periods and styles in '100 Indian Stories'.
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This illustrated kids' book explains where pashmina fiber comes from and the experience of being Tibetan in exile
What's the link between centuries-old Tibetan Thangka paintings and Banarasi silk? Why is Ladakh so important for Kashmiri pashmina? Where and how do Tibetans born in exile engage with Tibetan language, food and culture? Author Jordan Quill drew upon years of research into North Indian and Tibetan textiles as well as Thangka religious scrolls for an illustrated children's book that delves into these questions.
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Book Extract: Akashvani - A Century of Stories from All India Radio
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Book Extract: Land Power
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'No lack of engineering expertise in India': 2023 Silkyara tunnel collapse rescue expert Arnold Dix
Tunnel collapse rescue expert Arnold Dix on his book 'The Promise', about Operation Zindagi to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel collapse in November 2023; and things India should consider for the next 20-plus years of tunnelling and underground infrastructure projects.
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Book extract: The Dirty Dozen by N. Sundaresha Subramanian
In June 2017, the Reserve Bank of India sent shockwaves through the nation as it disclosed a list of the country’s twelve biggest defaulters who were responsible for approximately a quarter of all bad loans in the Indian banking system.
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Book Extract: Buffett’s Early Investments by Brett Gardner
Buffett's Early Investments investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s – earning him his first million – and uncovers unique insights
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Book Extract: The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World by Fernanda Perie
Many other respected sets of laws have been highly impractical in quite puzzling ways, including those developed by the authors of the Old Testament. Although inspired by the Mesopotamian tradition, where law was the work of kings, the Israelite priests were pursuing a distinctly religious project.
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Book Extract: The House of Huawei by Eva Duo
Book Extract: The House of Huawei by Eva Duo. Meng Wanzhou’s father— Huawei’s reclusive founder, Ren Zhengfei— was a corporate legend in China.
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Book Extract: Wild Fictions
From the significance of the commodification of the clove to the diversity of the mangrove forests in Bengal and the radical fluidity of multilingualism, Wild Fictions is a powerful refutation of imperial violence
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Book Extract - The Art of Physics: Eight elegant ideas to make sense of almost everything
This book is about the hidden, surprising, and sometimes beautiful ways in which physics could help you make sense of a chaotic and unpredictable world.
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Ikigai coauthor Francesc Miralles on how India made him a writer & 3 exercises to get in flow state for better productivity
The secret to a long and healthy life? It has 'a lot to do with serenity and activity. If you are not stressed and you have things to do and you have friends, you can have a lot of fuel to become 100 and even more,' says Ikigai coauthor.
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Book Extract: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Over 1,800 years ago, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrestled with these same struggles, jotting down his thoughts in what became Meditations. Surprisingly, his reflections feel just as relevant today.
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Book Extract – Tested: Big Decisions. Small Decisions. The remarkable power of resolve
Tested is a book of insight and hard-earned wisdom about how the power of resolve to make decisions, big and small, and see them through, is at the heart of all our stories.
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What Dalits Eat: Why Shahu Patole wrote India’s first-ever book on Dalit food history
Marathi writer Shahu Patole & translator Bhaskar Korgaonkar talk about 'Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada', the English translation of the original 'Anna He Apoorna Brahma' & the little-known food practices of Maharashtra’s Dalit subcastes Mahar & Mang.
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Book Extract |The Uncomfortable Truth About Money: How to live with uncertainty and think about yourself
This book takes those money lessons learned, really a series of frameworks, and makes them accessible for any reader who, like me years ago, has no clue how money works.
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Book Extract | My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi
My Head for a Tree offers a timely reflection on indigenous, community-based activism and how we might adjust our lives to fight for the natural world.
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India Before the Ambanis review: How Indian business changed the course of history over 300-plus years
Business history: In 'India Before the Ambanis', historian Lakshmi Subramanian lays out the context in which Indian business influenced history for more than 300 years, from the time of the Mughals till the 1950s.
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Book Extract-Dr. Aditi Nerurkar The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience
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Book extract- David McWilliams Money: A Story of Humanity
Over the past 5,000 years, money has profoundly altered humanity and our relationships with each other and with the rest of the planet.
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What is massive gravity & how is it saving life on earth? Imperial College of London physics professor explains
Coolest thing about gravity that most people don't know, one sci-fi film that got the physics of gravity right, why blackholes are so interesting, how Harry Potter-style portkeys are theoretically possible & more questions answered by Imperial College London Professor Claudia de Rham.
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Book Review: Flowers on a Kargil Cliff
Incorporating unpublished photographs of Point 5353 in Drass taken by Pakistani intrusive patrols in Oct 1998 during the Kargil build-up, Flowers on a Kargil Cliff establishes how 5353 and Bajrang Post were captured. Photos reveal Gen P. Musharraf and his entourage of generals across LoC in March '99.
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Book Extract | The Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community
Gujaratis are known for their entrepreneurial spirit, and their love of business and the profitable deal.
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Book Review | Dharmanomics: Treasure trove of economic wisdom
Dharmanomics: An Indigenous and Sustainable Economic Model is already a bestseller in various categories.
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Book review: First Global's Devina Mehra does not want you following investors Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio's example
Money, Myths and Mantras: The Ultimate Investment Guide by Devina Mehra is written simply, with lots of examples and cautionary tales to present her understanding of, and her company's practice around, what to do and what not to do when investing your money.
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Myths & folktales from Arunachal Pradesh: Tara Douglas & Jatwang Wangsa's illustrated book is a valiant effort to preserve oral history
Book review: Incredibly visual and fantastical, the short stories in 'Myth, Memory & Folktale of the Wancho Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh' are just as entertaining as they are thought-provoking, not least because they aren't well-known to Indians outside the North-East.
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Amitav Ghosh on why the original American model of wildlife conservation doesn't work, Donald Trump & end of Eurocentricity in the world
Amitav Ghosh's new book review: 'Wild Fictions' offers a glimpse into the mind of Amitav Ghosh, and on to the world through the lens of a well-read and widely travelled anthropologist-turned-writer.
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How medieval India's wealth, power and influence grew under the Chola kings - and queens
Medieval Indian Chola kings gave the world many things: Nataraja bronzes, economic systems that persist today, words like cash...
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Book Review | Fire Weather - A True Story from a Hotter World Sceptre by John Vaillant
Fire Weather is an astounding account of this century's most intense urban fire, and an urgent examination of humanity's future in an ever-hotter, more flammable world.
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Book Review | The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community by Nirmala Lakshman
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Why Amitabh Kant had to get involved when China wanted US visa guarantees for 2026 G20 Summit
Amitabh Kant on why he thinks the 'G20 is today a far more important body than the United Nation', why developed countries need to cough up trillions of dollars in climate finance instead of billions and how the Global South representing over 80 percent of the world population can increase its influence in international fora.
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Book Review | The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out
McKinsey & Company’s prestigious two-day workshop Bower Forum is a unique platform for a small group of CEOs or Chairpersons to discuss goals, challenges, and role-specific issues, while counselling and learning from one another.
