Page 58 - Book Reviews

Meet Geetanjali Shree, first Booker awardee for an Indian language

First Booker International awardee for an Indian language, Geetanjali Shree shines the light on many Partition writers through Tomb of Sand

Crimes and punishments

This compilation of writings on India's prison ecosystem has many hits but some glaring misses

Activism outside a straitjacket

Ms Ramaswamy's book - which is a reflection of her life -challenges us to look at problems in their raw form and find a situational solution

Finding your 'generosity purposes'

Mr Kinney's is quite a persuasive voice and the circular continuum he suggests is for all those looking to create a lasting impact on the world

In search of CEO excellence

The theme of this book follows in the genre of several books like the Lessons of Excellence by Tom Peters and Bob Waterman - both also, coincidentally, McKinsey consultants

Streamlining your 'monkey-mind'

The book is intellectually stimulating and pretty useful even on a practical level

Ben Bernanke assesses the Fed

Bernanke also offers some self-criticisms, including an acknowledgement that he failed to recognise how slowly the economy was emerging from recession after the emergency

The ethics of inequality

It's not good enough to be rich if you are a Dalit as well

Winston Churchill as villain

Mr Ali's occasional colourful language might thrill a section of readers; but he sometimes trivialises his otherwise competitive position on a number of issues

Spying with Chinese characteristics

Mr Faligot's book is packed with considerable detail, not all of which may be of interest to a general reader

A race with no finish line

Book chapters are organised into sections around calamities, food produce, fossil fuels and alternate power

The future of liberal democracy

Both authors use the word "liberal" in its classical sense

The importance of dissent

The authors tell us, in some detail, about Mahmood the educationist, whose experiences at Cambridge shaped the manner in which learning was imparted at MAO College

JNU's excess factor

This is a book written with scrupulous honesty, even innocence

High jumps in India's tech revolution

The big picture he paints in this book is that digital technologies are transforming consumer market opportunities in not just India but possibly in all developing countries

Apple Inc after Jobs

Both men helped save a sinking Apple in the 1990s - Ive first, overseeing the design of a new line of computers with candy-coloured transparent cases

A full stop in India

Jyoti Mukul's book is a welcome study of the economic and emotional impact of the government's decision to shut down transport links to contain transmission of Covid-19

Complexities to our west

Mr Ahmad looks closely at India's interactions with the region and this has much new information as also an analytical and policy perspective of great value

The Icarus-like career of a Bond King

While Mr Gross already had an admirable track record, the financial crisis of 2008 catapulted him into the league of legends

Michael Dell and the big turnaround

Dell Computers is one of the survivors that rode the original IBM-compatible PC wave and managed to successfully reinvent itself when that market became a low-margin commodity play