BS Reads

Sushila Takbhaure's autobiography explores caste discrimination, patriarchy and the struggle for education, dignity and independence

Salil Tripathi brings together many strands from the country's history and politics to explain why it looks as it does today: A new nation, still looking to find closure on its blood-soaked past

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This book opens up key debates on social policy - from mid-day meal schemes to maternity benefits and child development - and asks whether these initiatives foster dependency or empower people

Rudrangshu Mukherjee's anthology brings together Nobel lectures and writings by Indian laureates, but its extensive focus on Rabindranath Tagore blurs the book's central purpose

Written after hundreds of hours of conversations with the DeepMind founder and his associates over three years, this could well be a definitive account of AI

How a township built on the banks of the Hooghly in 1934 became an idyllic setting for colourful stories that now survive only in memory

Through the journeys of five companies, this book offers hard-won lessons and best practices for navigating tough times and emerging stronger

Human versus animal, development versus terrain, city versus village - this edited volume will make you think and question commonly held beliefs and assumptions about conservation

Antonio Damasio explores how the body's signals, feelings and vulnerability shape consciousness - and what this means for artificial intelligence

A new book by Rozina Ali traces the rise of anti-Islamic sentiment in the wake of 9/11, showing how ordinary residents became targets of fear and suspicion

As the AI frenzy sweeps the globe and data centres multiply, consuming local water and power, who exactly is this new world being created for? That is the question at the heart of this book

Can political events wound us as intimately as private loss? This book explores that question, ending not on an optimistic note, but with an acceptance that we must keep making room for better future