Successful turnarounds of companies living on memories of glory days are infrequent. CG Power is one of the rare firms that bucked the trend. A candid account by the architect of the revival holds many lessons
It was the late 1970s. The midday heat pressed on Kurauli village, Uttar Pradesh, located nine kilometers away from Tikri.
The horrific scenes in Hindaun in the aftermath of the 2 April protests were proof of how Dalit leaders – whether they were from the Congress or the BJP – would not be spared in case of conflict.
The Mughal story, as Jagjeet Lally tells it, is less about crowns and conquest than about the quieter authority of documents and the steady shimmer of silver.
The very early days of Suhail’s life were divided between his hometown of Kashipur, and Delhi, where Sabri Khan Saheb (Suhail’s maternal grandfather) lived.
The history of Indian trains is older than India itself. For over 150 years, the train has been part of the lives of most Indians
The officer understood who the remark was directed towards and looked towards the floor, ashamed.
Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in Artificial Intelligence.
Snigdha Poonam’s Scamlands takes you to parts of the world where a scamster is born every minute.
Julian Treasure is a sought-after and top-rated international speaker. Collectively his five TED talks on various aspects of sound and communication have been viewed more than 50 million times.
The ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 by student-led protests promised, even if momentarily, a new beginning. Almost 18 months later, the cast of characters have changed but democracy continues to be suppressed. In addition, minorities live in fear. This book explains yet another betrayal in the country’s tumultuous journey
From selfies and what they mean to the travails of modern love and the new vocabulary of politics, Santosh Desai returns to chronicle the invisible revolutions of Indian life with his signature wit and insight.
The Blue Potter: The Creative Genius of Punjab is a collection of seventeen character sketches by Ajeet Cour.
This investigative reporting was done despite not being given access to those who knew V. G. Siddhartha well except for his mother.
Ratan Tata took over the reins of Tata Group in 1991, just as economic liberalization was set to open Indian firms up to foreign competition. Author Harish Bhat, who worked with Tata Group companies between 1987 and 2023, culls lessons from Tata's life and work for how to ride out systemic changes, among other things.
Seven Rivers is story of the Nile, Danube, Niger, Mississippi, Ganges, Yangtze and the Thames. It is a story of imperial frontiers, alluvial gold, kidnappings, slavery, anticolonialism and creation myths.
Leading scholar Suraj Milind Yengde shines a light on the Dalit experience internationally, from indentured labourers in the nineteenth-century Caribbean to present-day migrant workers in the Middle East.
Roopa Kudva on leadership, leading through crises, checklists for leaders and how her book is not competing with 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' or 'Nudge' or 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', and other classics among leadership books.
Anindita Ghose shepherded some of the most widely followed Indian writers in English to come up with The Only City: Bombay in Eighteen Stories. It’s unlikely any other Indian city provides both a geographical context and an emotional canvas for Indian writing in English as often as Mumbai. Ghose, in an interview with Moneycontrol, explained the idea behind the book.
Manu Joseph’s first non-fiction work is a ruthless and unsettling mirror held up to the ‘republic of privilege’. It prods, provokes, embarrasses and leaves a burn that lingers long after the laughter fades
In Governors of Empire, historian Amar Farooqui traces the journeys each of these men undertook, from arriving on Indian shores, through acquiring territories using equal parts trade agreements and political deceit, all the way to returning to Britain considerably wealthier than before.
In How to Be Bold, Ranjay Gulati offers a powerful playbook for becoming bolder and braver than we ever thought possible.
The instructor pushed the boat off the dock with her oar. I rowed as hard as I could but did little more than splash the water’s surface, alternating between saying prayers and holding my breath for the entire practice
From the Bengaluru railway station at Baiyyapanahalli to engineering colleges and museums, there are many public places named after Sir M Visvesvaraya. And yet, historian Aparajith Ramnath explains, most of us today know little about man and the influence he had on the making of modern India.
Hailed as one of the most talented players to ever step onto a tennis court, Borg collected the game's highest honours, including eleven Grand Slam titles - with five consecutive Wimbledon titles — establishing himself as one of the greatest of all time
