BS Reads

Personal, anecdotal and humorous, Mary Beard's book is a love letter to antiquity, but one that wants readers to question, denounce, and be shocked by the findings

When it comes to trees, ignorance casts a shadow too wide to ignore the science behind them. This book explains how trees shape the world

Eight cheetahs from Namibia were released into Kuno National Park in 2022. This book tells the story behind the historic translocation

The journeys of 26 brands, mostly since liberalisation, show how brands can drive trial and loyalty

Moyn wants more progress and innovation - so much so that his socialist utopia is inspired by capitalism's creative destruction

For people who want to learn about different government schemes and programmes, this book serves as a handy primer

An anthology by experts explores responsible business practices through well-argued essays and lived experiences

In The Seven Rules of Trust, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales argues that trust is a practical skill that enables cooperation, strong institutions and lasting success

The book engages with the idea that economic clout drives China's position in the world today

Bojan Pancevski's The Nord Stream Conspiracy traces the planning, execution and fallout of the 2022 pipeline sabotage through an in-depth investigation

Ms Walter, who worked with refugee women, heard countless stories of women who had fled across borders for their safety. These were stories from war zones, prison camps and detention centres

Utsav Somani's The Founder Manual offers practical, India-focused guidance on building, funding, scaling and exiting startups without the hype

Vijay Gokhale's China's Wars examines Beijing's use of military coercion and diplomacy, offering insights into China's strategic behaviour and its implications for India

Albinder Singh Dhindsa's Buildit traces Blinkit's rise from a small startup to a quick-commerce giant, offering insights into entrepreneurship and India's digital economy

Regime Change chronicles Donald Trump's turbulent second term, portraying a presidency shaped by power, spectacle, loyalists and mounting political challenges

Stephen Alter's The Fragrance of Rain blends nature writing, ecology and culture to capture the beauty, history and complexity of India's monsoon

Running through the memoir is a sustained inquiry into the meaning of justice in a multilingual, multifaith, and deeply unequal society

Caste has waited out empires, outlasted reform movements, survived the constitutional abolition of untouchability, adapted to the diaspora, found new languages in new countries

Danesh Rana's journey along the Chenab blends memoir, conflict, history and culture, revealing the many stories carried by one of the subcontinent's most evocative rivers

Geopolitical tensions and the US steps to keep China from catching up in AI and in chip technology has created two distinct worlds