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Page 102 - Book Reviews

An imported obsession

Book review of Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team

An imported obsession
Updated On : 24 Jul 2019 | 12:51 AM IST

BJP's obstinate critic

Book review of Relentless: An Autobiography

BJP's obstinate critic
Updated On : 23 Jul 2019 | 1:31 AM IST

The Republicans' civil war

Book review of American Carnage On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

The Republicans' civil war
Updated On : 22 Jul 2019 | 2:08 AM IST

Tata vs Mistry: Tracing the contours of India Inc's most sensational battle

The 'deep-rooted' discord between Tata and Mistry was over how each side viewed conflict of interest

Tata vs Mistry: Tracing the contours of India Inc's most sensational battle
Updated On : 20 Jul 2019 | 12:04 AM IST

Small bites of history

Book review of The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin

Small bites of history
Updated On : 19 Jul 2019 | 12:20 AM IST

Scientists who broke the gender barrier

Book review of Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World

Scientists who broke the gender barrier
Updated On : 18 Jul 2019 | 4:00 AM IST

Darkness in the trading ecosystem

Book review of Darkness By Design: The Hidden Power In Global Capital Markets

Darkness in the trading ecosystem
Updated On : 17 Jul 2019 | 1:13 AM IST

Short shots

Principal economic adviser to the finance ministry, Sanjeev Sanyal has written a book of short stories, Life Over Two Beers. He is one of the rare economists who writes

Short shots
Updated On : 16 Jul 2019 | 12:58 AM IST

Silicon Valley's subsidised fortunes

Book review of THE CODE: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

Silicon Valley's subsidised fortunes
Updated On : 15 Jul 2019 | 12:36 AM IST

Small-town fiction in South India: We are not in Malgudi anymore

Pranab Bardhan selects three books to explain how the depiction in fiction today of life in small town India is far away from the ordered world of Malgudi

Small-town fiction in South India: We are not in Malgudi anymore
Updated On : 13 Jul 2019 | 11:25 PM IST

Demonetisation was no rash call; we missed the many hints months earlier

It would not be incorrect to assume that the government had been toying with the idea of demonetisation from as early as February 2016

Demonetisation was no rash call; we missed the many hints months earlier
Updated On : 12 Jul 2019 | 9:43 PM IST

Why Nehru matters

Book review of Who is Bharat Mata? On History, Culture and the Idea of India: Writings by and On Jawaharlal Nehru

Why Nehru matters
Updated On : 12 Jul 2019 | 12:43 PM IST

The Da Vinci code to life

Book review of How to Think like Da Vinci

The Da Vinci code to life
Updated On : 12 Jul 2019 | 1:27 AM IST

The layman's guide to Bitcoin

Book review of The Bitcoin Saga: A Mixed Montage

The layman's guide to Bitcoin
Updated On : 10 Jul 2019 | 11:54 PM IST

Fighting in the shadows

Book review of The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder

Fighting in the shadows
Updated On : 08 Jul 2019 | 11:21 PM IST

Greenland, climate change template

This is a book about obsession

Greenland, climate change template
Updated On : 08 Jul 2019 | 12:18 AM IST

More than a grave

Book review of Empress of the Taj: In Search of Mumtaz Mahal

More than a grave
Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 2:10 AM IST

Winning ways

Mr Upton's hypothesis offers a very plausible explanation for the 'brainless' approach of many West Indian batsmen

Winning ways
Updated On : 04 Jul 2019 | 12:25 AM IST

The unmaking of news broadcasting

Book review of The Indian Newsroom: Studios, Stars and the Unmaking of Reporters

The unmaking of news broadcasting
Updated On : 03 Jul 2019 | 2:34 AM IST

The roots of Hindu nationalism

Book review of Awakening Bharat Mata - The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right

The roots of Hindu nationalism
Updated On : 02 Jul 2019 | 9:32 AM IST