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Framing the Media: How 'once-free press' narratives misread India's history

The book's engagement with the digital turn is particularly significant in this regard

Arguably Contentious: The search for a principled nationalism in India

In an era where nationalism dominantes Indian politics, former Vice-President Hamid Ansari's book offers a conceptual framework for it and for India's foreign policy

INA, warts and all: The Forgotten Prisoners offers a needed rebalancing

Mr Hazarika notes that despite Bose's electrifying oratory, only 2,000 men of the 27,000 POWs outside the INA joined; the rest opted for the purgatory of Japanese POW camps

Stories We Wear: Do appearances, outfits carry texture, history, politics?

This book unravels the layers behind what may seem like mere Instagram aesthetics or airport looks

Zoramthanga's memoir traces Mizoram's political transformation from chaos

Zoramthanga describes the IAF bombing and its aftermath

India Innovates: Why we need tech sovereignty in a data-driven world

The author goes beyond startups and "jugaad." He covers: Government systems, manufacturing and infrastructure, healthcare and agriculture and emerging technologies

'International Relations' offers a Global South view on foreign affairs

From environment and gender to refugees and more, this book offers alternative insights on issues shaping the global discourse

Every Last Girl: How a grassroots push brought 2 million back to school

From a handful of team members to thousands of full-time employees, how a grassroots movement has brought over 2 million girls in rural India back to school

The Khilafat movement united India briefly, but deepened its divides

How a mass movement in India, centered on a grievance among Muslims, could have prevented the Partition in an alternative vision of history

Daktarin Jamini Sen: The journey of an imperial lady doctress remembered

Ms Chakraverti also draws from Dr Sen's short biography written by her sister, Kamini Roy, which included extracts from the doctor's journals

American Maritime Strategy in Indian Ocean: Tracing US' post-Cold War shift

The author argues, "Supply chains and critical technologies, such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, are becoming increasingly important to emerging nations in the IOR

Notes on Being a Man: Scott Galloway maps men's path in new territory

As traditional ideas of what it means to be a man, and a desirable one at that, are being questioned, NYU's Scott Galloway offers a helpful guide for men to navigate this new territory

Running Behind Lakshmi: A 200-year saga of Indian bulls and bears

From the first great speculative episode in India to the rise of electronic trading, the book reconstructs the history of Indian stock market and evolution from informal beginnings to a modern system

The Ground Breaker: A model autobiography of the redoubtable Kanwal Rekhi

Kanwal Rekhi's delightful autobiography paints a picture of the US, its strengths and weaknesses, through the eyes of the first wave of talented Indian entrepreneurs

100 Ways to See India: A visual data book on the country's changing story

Packed with eye-catching visuals, this data book lets you dip in anywhere, finish quickly, and discover insights about where the country is heading

On the Future of Species: Book explores power to design future lifeforms

Human beings may soon have the ability to intelligently design future lifeforms. This book offers a glimpse into that unsettling and thought-provoking future

Big Oil's plastic conspiracy is starting to affect global health outcomes

Gardiner's rigorous new book, Plastic Inc., answers by way of a compelling true-crime story: Plastic took over the globe through decades of intensive marketing, political manoeuvring, flat-out deceit

Students Etched in Memory: Perumal Murugan's learning curve and his bond

The author's affectionate bond with his students in this book makes readers wish they had teachers like him

Marketing That Works: A book on how 'unify, magnify, amplify' builds brands

After laying the foundation to the UMA model in the first half of the book, Mr Das Gupta offers 28 nuggets, each looking at one aspect of the Indian consumer that has changed

Starry and Restless profiles 3 women journalists who defied writing norms

A vibrant triple biography traces how Martha Gellhorn, Rebecca West and Emily Hahn defied convention, blurred fact and fiction, and reshaped war reporting and literary journalism