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Vishal Vasanthakumar's book, ‘Smart and The Dumb’, critiques India's education system, revealing deep socioeconomic barriers and questioning meritocracy while emphasising education's transformative power beyond job market demands
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In the book 'The Fifteen: The Lives and Times of the Women in India’s Constituent Assembly' recounts the often-overlooked contributions of 15 women who played pivotal roles in shaping India's Constitution. It highlights struggles, achievements, and influence of these women as India commemorates its Republic's 75th anniversary
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The historian-novelist on her debut fiction novel ‘A Firestorm in Paradise’ on Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Delhi and the 1857 uprising, how Shahjahanabad was not Purani Delhi, and inaccuracies in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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Edna O’Brien, who passed away at 93 on July 27, was a writer driven by an uncompromising honesty and who lived and wrote on her terms
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Economist Arvind Panagariya in an exclusive interview to Moneycontrol explains why liberalization of imports will bring net benefit to India, why and how India should revise its trade relationship with China, and why FTAs with the UK and EU are so important.
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What to read: Set amid India's independence movement, Parashar Kulkarni's 'Darako' explores themes that feel timeless. Despite the weighty subjects, the writing stays light-footed, fast-paced and non-judgemental.
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Titan MD CK Venkataram on his new book, The Tanishq Story; the mistakes Tanishq made when it launched in the 1990s; designing jewellery at a time when gold prices are skyrocketing; and his tips for Gen Z and Alpha generation workers.
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Kareena Kapoor Khan's pregnancy book, 'Pregnancy Bible', came out in 2021 and details her experiences during pregnancy and her tips for expecting moms. The controversy began when a social worker in Jabalpur, Christopher Anthony, tried to file an FIR against Kareena Kapoor for using a title that he said is offensive to the Christian community.
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Salman Rushdie recounts the horrific attack on his life in August 2022 in a new memoir, Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder. In an interview on an NPR podcast, he spoke about why he wrote about the attack, and how surviving it has changed him.
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Apple's Steve Jobs, Tencent’s Ma Huateng, Ford, and Rockefeller weren't just visionaries, they were operational maestros. Three steps towards Dynamic Process Transformation Model.
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Despite its many similarities to The Blue Book, there are some important points of departure in The Yellow Book. A look at Amitava Kumar's journalling in words and artworks across the two books.
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BTS band member RM's go-to books for insights into human psychology, spiritual awakening, design and the nature of happiness include the international best-seller 'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982' by South Korean writer Cho Nam Joo and 'Jeanneret Chandigarh' about the architectural legacy of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Chandigarh.
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While there have been the odd exceptions in MC Mary Kom and Sania Mirza, for the majority of Indian female athletes, recognition has been hard to come by.
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"Sidhu Moose Wala's parents didn't want news of the second child to be leaked till the child was delivered. Most of the media persons in Punjab...especially in the Mansa and Bathinda region, they knew about it. The family had confirmed. But none of us wrote about it."
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Excerpted from Suryavamshi: The Sun Kings of Rajasthan by Abanindranath Tagore, translated by Sandipan Deb, with permission from Juggernaut Books.
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From Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (Good Omens) to Kalpish Ratna (Room 000), a look at collaborative works of fiction, where teamwork makes the story work.
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"If one looks back, from the first turn in the gorge to Amarnath down the way till Sangam, it’s an impressive sight in pilgrimage season. Above the right bank of the Amarnath nala stretches an unbroken stream of heads with colourful headgear jerkily moving up a sterile grey ragged landscape dotted with snow fields and dominated by craggy peaks."
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Bharat Sundaresan and Gaurav Joshi's The Miracle Makers is an exhilarating account of the greatest cricket series of all time
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A former corporate employee, TV host, model, actor, and now a writer, Kubbra Sait, who's recently published her memoir 'Open Book', talks about the power of hugs, letting Sacred Games' Kukoo live on in people's hearts and hustling to make more money to survive in expensive Mumbai.
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'Raw Umber' is a celebration of multiculturalism and of the women of Sara Rai's household. Because the myth of Rai's grandfather Premchand is so overwhelming, it’s easier to miss her grandmother Shivarani Devi’s contributions, both participated in the freedom movements through their fiction.
