BOOK REVIEW

Using data to control people is nothing new. A digital humanities professor attempts to show how data has been used from pre-history to modern times to control empires

Do humans perform better when forced to work within constraints? Blending anecdotes with personal experience, this book sets out to answer the question

Canadians happen to know plenty about the United States; with its comparatively tiny population of 41 million, Canada has long paid close attention to its hulking neighbour as a matter of necessity

The book has all the right ingredients, from simple comfort foods to regional specialities, it explores the intersection of culinary tradition, politics and post-Independence history

How Tiktok's influence among younger Americans can become a tool in the hands of the Chinese state to manipulate US elections Gunjan Singh

The book is riding the current boom on publications that teach us boring corporate types the benefits of telling a story

From climate change to survival and resilience, a story of a family in Kolkata weaves together many aspects of migration

From 2G spectrum allocation to India staying out of RCEP, a former bureaucrat provides a peek into the inner functioning and decision-making processes behind key incidents

In Money to Burn, the journalist William D Cohan offers a detailed account of Black's rise and fall

Within the narrower canvas of the origins of the 1873 financial crash and its consequences, Ahamed tells a gripping tale

Can the ragtag grouping of emerging economies still drive the shift towards a more multipolar world? This book explores that and much more

This book is a compelling account of how India lives online, and what we can do - to make it a more dignified and inclusive space

From gender bias and employment to equal pay, this book traces various policy developments and the lessons they hold for policymakers today

Former ITC executive Nakul Anand's book unpacks every aspect of the service industry, giving us the behind-the-scenes story of its iconic restaurant brands, Dum Pukht and Bukhara

The development of advanced weaponised drones facilitated the killing of Qaeda leaders at long range and with little risk

Sandy Irvine probably never reached Everest's summit, but he greeted its deadly slopes with a smile

From stories about Indian cricket to undersea cables that bring us the internet, a collection of essays uncovers the hidden systems and unseen connections that shape our interconnected lives

The new edition makes the exercise more interesting because Mr Parameswaran has added the decade from 2015 to 2025