BOOK REVIEW

Wendy Doniger, one of the most influential scholars of Sanskrit, looks back on her life in academia and her tumultuous engagement with India, which led to one of the biggest fights of her career

Why the seeds of resistance that have been planted in the minds of the youth since 2019 will be not very easy to supplant

Has the evolution from the GDP-era to the well-being era started? This book is a primer for those interested in alternatives to GDP as a measure of happiness

From Wagh Bakri to Bleeding Madras - this book tells the stories of the emotions that fuelled some of India's most successful brands

A new book alleges that Jared Kushner used his White House influence to advance the UAE's regional interests while pursuing private financial gains, prompting calls for a congressional investigation.

A memoir tracing Ullas Karanth's decades-long fight to protect India's tigers and forests, and his pioneering contribution to wildlife science and conservation

In Brain Defenders, neurologist David Perlmutter explores how the brain's immune cells influence neurological health and how lifestyle changes may help prevent cognitive decline.

The city's multiple origin stories reveal the richness of its past and its place in history

The story of the first 21 days after Independence has all the ingredients of a thriller, with plot twists, intrigue and princely states determined to preserve their independence

Are purpose-driven companies likely to systematically outperform conventional competitors? That's the question this book aims to answer, and why good intentions alone aren't enough

Wikipedia's 25-year journey highlights the enduring value of human knowledge and collaboration amid misinformation, online disputes and the growing influence of artificial intelligence

The book acts as a counter-archive against the colonial myth, still stubbornly alive, of an Islamic dark age liberated by the British

India's EV journey has been chequered, despite having the Reva long before Elon Musk conceived Tesla

Tracing women's struggle for gender equality and safety, this book offers a framework for fighting their battles, in the courtroom and beyond

How Delhi has always been a work in progress, its story never quite complete

Lithium-ion batteries drive the clean-energy revolution, but mining and processing their minerals come at a steep environmental and human cost.

A new book investigates the mysterious Havana Syndrome, examining alleged Russian involvement, unexplained injuries among US officials and claims of a government cover-up.

The choice of title is, presumably, a play on the Cambridge Apostles, the "self-consciously academic elite" society that became fertile recruiting for Soviet intelligence in the inter-war years

From debt diplomacy to the Global South, this book explores the defining issues of our times through a critical and often provocative lens

From British rule to the rise of Maoism, this book takes us through the history of a region that remains an enigma