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Page 135 - Book Reviews

Bureaucrats & 'conspiracies'

P C Parakh's book 'The Coal Conundrum' is about sectors that govt tried to reform in past 25 years

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Updated On : 06 Jul 2017 | 3:52 AM IST

Sherlock and the case of forged Stradivari: Did we miss a vital clue?

Fake instruments were moved through pawnbrokers as to remove the identity of the forger or reseller

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2017 | 12:39 PM IST

Options on the future of banking

Book review of 'Towards a Safer World of Banking'

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Updated On : 04 Jul 2017 | 11:13 PM IST

Decoding the pollution control debate

Book review of 'Business, Institutions and the Environment'

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Updated On : 03 Jul 2017 | 11:19 PM IST

Oddballs and their transformative power

Book review of 'The Imagineers of War'

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Updated On : 03 Jul 2017 | 4:43 AM IST

T N Ninan on former RBI governor Y V Reddy's new book

Former RBI Governor Y V Reddy offers a unique perspective of debates within govt

T N Ninan on former RBI governor Y V Reddy's new book
Updated On : 01 Jul 2017 | 12:51 AM IST

The Indian Bond

Book review of 'Lone Fox Dancing: My Autobiography'

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Updated On : 30 Jun 2017 | 12:01 AM IST

A nationalist's history of India

The author has made a heroic effort to refute the colonial description of India

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Updated On : 28 Jun 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

An awkward dance

Book review of 'Indian Foreign Trade'

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Updated On : 27 Jun 2017 | 11:18 PM IST

Why grown-up muggles should read 'Harry Potter'

Aspiring writer David Busis shares how reading the book was an all-consuming experience

Why grown-up muggles should read 'Harry Potter'
Updated On : 27 Jun 2017 | 12:00 PM IST

Pakistan's human face

Book review of 'Reporting Pakistan'

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Updated On : 26 Jun 2017 | 11:52 PM IST

Creative disruptions

Books review of 'Wild Ride', 'The Airbnb Story', 'The Upstarts' and 'Move Fast And Break Things'

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Updated On : 25 Jun 2017 | 11:04 PM IST

A prince who walked on the wild side

This book is about the passion as about the man himself

A prince who walked on the wild side
Updated On : 24 Jun 2017 | 4:54 AM IST

Stale doughnuts

Book review of 'Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist'

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Updated On : 23 Jun 2017 | 12:15 PM IST

Railways on the culture track

The history of the evolution of railways in India lurks in the background

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Updated On : 22 Jun 2017 | 2:33 AM IST

India's long-standing tryst with coal

Book review of India's Coal Story

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Updated On : 20 Jun 2017 | 10:52 PM IST

Mohammad Ali Jinnah: Love, hate and books

Indians have written so many books on Jinnah while the Pakistanis have written so few on Gandhiji

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Updated On : 19 Jun 2017 | 11:39 PM IST

Machiavelli: Good guy or bad? This biography argues for the former

"Be Like the Fox" can be read by anyone interested in the craft of politics and the life of ideas

Machiavelli: Good guy or bad? This biography argues for the former
Updated On : 19 Jun 2017 | 2:23 PM IST

Understanding China's rise

Books review of 'Everything Under The Heavens' and 'Destined For War'

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Updated On : 19 Jun 2017 | 4:09 AM IST

Sócrates, the chain-smoking football genius

The book captures the insouciance, glory and contradictions of former Brazilian captain's life

Sócrates, the chain-smoking football genius
Updated On : 17 Jun 2017 | 3:56 AM IST