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Real-world banking
The book raises quite a few questions on other important issues concerning the financial sector
 "Real-world banking")
The decade that changed America
Beyond the parties, Mr Boyle traces the racial reckoning as it coursed through the nation
 "The decade that changed America")
The opium connection
A readable account reprises a history that India has forgotten but China has not
 "The opium connection")
Fragments of exhilaration
Fragments Against My Ruin has tableaux of fortuitous encounters, new friendships, and the early stirrings of political ideologies that will influence his work as a writer
 "Fragments of exhilaration")
Building a think tank
Going by this book, the branches were quite active in organising debates
 "Building a think tank")
London calling
The effort is in effect a history of an encounter with a metropolis that once ruled India, anecdotally expressed in an undogmatic manner
 "London calling")
Climate change: A VC's eye view
Speed & Scale is an actionable manifesto for humanity to save the planet from us
 "Climate change: A VC's eye view")
Steadfast leader in a shaky world
Merkel didn't talk to Marton for this book. But she has doggedly retraced Merkel's trail, and the story she brings is a good one
 "Steadfast leader in a shaky world")
How to learn from setbacks
Readers should pay heed to the chapter in which Mr Erikson spells out the four stages through which one passes when trying to learn something new
 "How to learn from setbacks")
Edward Said: From academic to global icon
This book is not a conventional biography; it is an intellectual history that explores the diverse influences that shaped Said's thinking
 "Edward Said: From academic to global icon")
The first proletariat dictatorship
The Commune remains, despite its short-lived existence, a testimony to the human will to rise against regimes
 "The first proletariat dictatorship")
Exploration and identity
Mr Vatsa narrates both history and personal anecdotes with poetic charm
 "Exploration and identity")
The harm of unexamined stereotypes
As Ms Nordell knows, the very concept of unconscious bias can sound exculpatory
 "The harm of unexamined stereotypes")
Another kind of pen pushing
India's English-language writer-bureaucrats are a unique breed
 "Another kind of pen pushing")
'A legacy of public reasoning'
Historians are always befuddled by chronological coincidences
 "'A legacy of public reasoning'")
'The '65' deconstructed
In '65, Pakistan was muscled up with new arms donated by the Americans, courtesy the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation alliance
 "'The '65' deconstructed")
A Nooyi look at life
The book holds a mirror to leaders on why it's not necessary to put up a show of being a superwoman or a superman
 "A Nooyi look at life")
Modernity, born in Africa
Born in Blackness is filled with pain, but also with pride: pride at the endurance of oppressed millions
 "Modernity, born in Africa")
Zohra Segal's many avatars
Ritu Menon compellingly captures how the versatile actor took on the many vicissitudes of a tumultuous life
 "Zohra Segal's many avatars")
Hindi cinema's Weltanschauung
One can see the parallels in our own and in world politics
 "Hindi cinema's Weltanschauung")