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Why Bengalis think they matter
A charming and serious book is leavened by a very Bengali sense of humour
 "Why Bengalis think they matter")
To sell is human
'Sell' probably wasn't intended to be your go-to book on selling... [but] to rid the salesman of the image of that poor guy toiling for attention
Richard Branson's convenient truths
He calls Facebook's and Google's plans to provide internet globally via drones and balloons 'bizarre'
Satya Nadella's word file
Book review of 'Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone'
The long and the short of it
A novel, in the end, is nothing more than a bunch of fabrications told around a kernel of truth
The first totalitarian
Book review of 'LENIN: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror'
The body politik
Sen-Handley does not shrink from a rigorous and unsentimental assessment of her sexual forays and missteps
 "The body politik")
A Biography of Innovations: How to develop a culture with creative failures
Organisations can develop an innovative culture by institutionalising creative failures, too, says R Gopalakrishnan in his latest book, A Biography of Innovations
 "A Biography of Innovations: How to develop a culture with creative failures")
Memory Man
Book review of 'The Coalition Years'
India's first decade
Book review of 'A Republic In The Making'
The return of Homo Sovieticus
Book review of 'The Future Is History'
Salman Rushdie's 'The Golden House' stretches much beyond what story merits
The literary insult Rushdie delivers on Trump, however, is more elaborate and pinching in that he doesn't even name the bombastic US president
 "Salman Rushdie's 'The Golden House' stretches much beyond what story merits")
The secondary sex
Book review of 'Inferior'
An Auschwitz survivor's post-traumatic recovery
Book review of The Choice
Drone syndrome
Book review of 'Drone Warrior'
Another tragic partition
Book review of 'Durand's Curse: A Line Across The Pathan Heart'
1949: The Sino-American faultline
Book review of 'A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949'
Kapadia's biography of Indian football reflects a deep affinity of the game
Kapadia's kind of affection for football is rare to find in India and his biography, 'Barefoot to Boots' is a startling testament to that
 "Kapadia's biography of Indian football reflects a deep affinity of the game")
Ishiguro wins Nobel in Literature for 'novels of great emotional force'
This year's choice, Kazuo Ishiguro, like Patrick Modiano and Dylan, has written for music
 "Ishiguro wins Nobel in Literature for 'novels of great emotional force'")
The oldest story in the world
Book review of 'Jihad @ Co: Black Markets and Islamist Power'