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A corporate governance primer

The book infers that corporate India should pay more attention to ethical values and practices not only to improve its bottom line but also to contribute to larger social good

Homo Sapiens in creative destruction

Many, if not most, experts believe computers will soon be more functionally intelligent than homo sapiens

Fuel for thought

Rajeev Jayaswal's book covers a crucial period in country's petroleum history when petrol and diesel witnessed decontrol

Friedman says it's going to be okay

The book is a master class in explaining. It canters along at a pace that is quick enough to permit learning without getting bogged down

Grappling with popularity

Enter the dangal travels through India's wrestling landscape

Bruce Springsteen: Natural born rocker

Bruce Springsteen's greatest gift was to distil the American working class experience, writes Vir Sanghvi in this review of the rock star's autobiography

Trade and the wealth of nations

'Waves of Prosperity' traces this global ebb and flow of trade over the centuries, building the story around the fortunes of the shipping industry

Pakistan's jihad makers

The narrative of the ISI reads like a saga of medieval conspiracies, blackmail, briberies, betrayals and assassinations

Why rural marketing needs a relook

Marketing professionals the world over would be interested in reading this book because of the wealth of stories it documents, and the great blend of data and description

The American battle over war powers

Waging War does offer a political analysis about how far Congress has been prepared to push its interventions over the years and how defiant Presidents have been willing to be

Himalayan wonders

A new book accounts for why exploring the Himalayas is not just a challenging but also a deeply spiritual experience

India's forgotten war

There are so many good reasons to read Ms Sundar's book, even if you disagree with her views

The new Eastern Question

Rachman's book is timely and relevant in the backdrop of an ever assertive China and the power vacuum that is engulfing the Asian and other regions

How democracy really works

'Democracy for Realists' is a culmination of nearly two decades of work by the authors on studying voter behaviour and its impact on elections in the USA

Megyn Kelly tells all

This book will doubtless have sex appeal among gossips and Kelly obsessives

Empire and extraction

Shashi Tharoor's history of the colonial era will reignite thinking on the nature of British rule in India

Before the palaces

The events in this book are unlikely to be new, but they surely make one look at them newly

The virtues of messy thinking

A little bit of messiness - both physical and otherwise - is essential for unleashing creativity in us, the organisations we work for, and the societies we inhabit

Rah Rah, Raghav

Kannan captures the warmth, fun and struggle of a small organisation trying to stand on its feet very well. But she falters when the little production house becomes a media conglomerate

Alan Greenspan as 'politician'

Was Alan Greenspan motivated by politics more than economics?