Historian Vikram Sampath, with his latest book on the ‘Tiger of Mysore’ attempts to decode the Tipu Sultan riddle.
Author Arshia Sattar on the role of universities in the translation ecosystem, her new book comprising retellings of Sanskrit plays by greats like Kalidasa and Bhasa, and why she finally decided against including 'Bhavabhuti’s magnificent Uttara Rama Charita'.
Paul’s analysis of India’s quest for status also sheds important light on the current geo-strategic situation and serves as a new framework for understanding the China–India rivalry, as well as India’s relative position in the broader Indo-Pacific theater.
Economist Abhijit Banerjee on why he reads and writes cookbooks, his new book at the intersection of food and economics, democratizing the social sciences, and presenting new Indian flavour ideas to the world.
There are plenty of case studies and tips to glean from Pattern Breakers. Not all of them are easy to encapsulate here. The introduction does a fair job to give some insights in the chapters but it is better if you read the book for yourself.
The company experienced demand traction in October, while new products and capacity expansion will act as growth levers
From Rabindranath Tagore's engagement with nature at Santiniketan to JC Kumarappa's rural renewal, and from Patrick Geddes' neotechnic cities to Union Minister KM Munshi's Vana Mahotsava—Ramachandra Guha gives brief biographies of 10 people who thought about different aspects of human-nature interactions in India.
In Our Next Reality, two industry veterans provide a data-driven debate on whether the new world we're creating will be a technological utopia or an AI-powered dystopia and give guidance on how to aim for the best future we can.
Golwalkar’s ideological influence was enormous—and it did not end with his death.
Shah Rukh Khan: Legend, Icon, Star includes first hand fan accounts and Mohar Basu's insights and commentary on the phenomena that is SRK.
Ratan Tata: A Life is a traditional biography, that does the childhood to adulthood trajectory in detail, tracking Ratan Tata’s years as immaculately as is feasible.
2024 is being commemorated as the centenary of the discovery of Harappa/Indus Valley Civilization. To coincide with this landmark moment in India’s history, Devdutt Pattnaik chose to highlight a few aspects of the civilization accompanied by some of his illustrations.
The decade witnessed landmark judgements which had a far-reaching impact on separation of powers, federalism and protection of women from sexual harassment. A common thread running through them was the imprint of AM Ahmadi, India’s CJI in the mid-90s
JL Collins' third book, Pathfinders, reads like the essays published often in Readers Digest. Easy to read, accessible, communicated complicated ideas and situations simplistically, and most importantly, made readers think about financial literacy.
Author Vaibhav Purandare talks about his latest book, Tilak: The Empire's Biggest Enemy, and explains why Bal Gangadhar Tilak was seen as a big threat to the British rule
William Dalrymple on ancient India's empire of ideas, and why his latest book 'The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World' could not have been written a decade ago.
Read the entire prologue to the incredibly fascinating book, 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity', penned by 2024 Economics Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson.
Deals includes many of the case studies that the two authors engaged with over the past two decades.
Fraudsters Tales is a wonderful collection of profiles, told magnificently by Vijay Narayan Govind. He achieves the incredible balance between telling a gripping story whilst packing it with financial details of the crimes committed.
Mangifera Indica is Sopan Joshi's first nonfiction book in English. It is an absolutely fascinating account of the king of fruits intertwined with a bit of a memoir.
The Trolls of Wall Street. How the Outcasts and Insurgents Are Hacking the Markets is a fascinating account into the events and the people that led to the events of 27 January 2021, when due to the GameStop short squeeze, some US firms and short sellers suffered losses.
While family businesses constitute about 75% of the Indian economy a whopping 90% of them are MSMEs. The new book 'Beyond Three Generations: The Definitive Guide to Building Enduring Indian Family Businesses' profiles a dozen such enterprises, their business dimensions and what such firms should not do.
Kannada author Vivek Shanbhag, of Ghachar Ghochar fame, on what interests him in a story, continued collaboration with Srinath Perur and the future of writing in the age of AI.
