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Kiran Mazumder-Shaw: A journey marked by grit
Seema Singh's new book tells the story of how Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw scripted the success story of Biocon through sheer grit
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Programmed to deceive
A new book explains the frightening evolution of cyber-warfare and suggests that it's not just governments but organisations too that are vulnerable
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Tips from the original start-up guy
Mr Case's book is filled with such insightful scenes that describe how the modern online industry was put together
Sixers and fixers
A brilliant analysis of the Indian Premier League explains why it alternates between thrill and scandal
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India-Japan: poised for a great leap forward
The Indo-Japanese relationship has followed a sinusoidal pattern since the 1950s. It saw its crests right after India's independence and after the Cold War
A penitent from Abu Ghraib
The abuses had roots in decisions made at the highest levels of the Bush administration, which asserted that the United States need not abide by the Geneva Conventions in its war on terror
True grit
Bending gender in a Pakistani village, Maria Toorpakai's story gives a glimpse into life as a woman athlete in a man's world
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What Indian women want
This book is a perfect amalgamation of voices resonating for such innate and intrinsic values and it is worth its modest price if only because it is likely to make the reader - whether male or female
Model economist
Kaushik Basu's account of his stint as chief economic advisor provides great insights into how economic models correlate with real-world policymaking, but a reader will miss the insider's view of the
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