Page 15 - Book Reading

Net gains from the art of reinvention

With her lucid writing and relatable takeaways, blogger, content creator, entrepreneur, and influencer Masoom Minawala has successfully translated her life's hard work into an accessible guide

The paradise parable

For Indian readers, Descent into Paradise should serve as a meaningful resource to stray away from the polarising and diverging monster that social media has become

World Book And Copyright Day 2024: Date, Theme, History and Importance

Every year on April 23, World Book and Copyright Day is observed. This day celebrates literature in all its forms and encourages readers to enjoy reading

Continuous transformation as business strategy

Transformation managers must go through the book to learn from these masters

Restoring a broken global order

Despite the book's title, then, what Sanger depicts is less reminiscent of the Cold War than of earlier phases of geopolitical competition

Afghanistan: Reports from the wreckage

Ms Basu describes with aplomb the sense of urgency and fear of life that every decision would entail

Climate change is making us paranoid and angry

Some of the revelations in this "Pandora's box of horrors" raise practical questions

Rediscovering Márquez

As India stands at the threshold of an election, a Márquez comment assumes unusual significance

Tripping on the high road

Cannabis has a storied past in Odisha's history across class and occupation until the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act came in 1985

The paradoxical freedom of living by the clock

Anyone who feels they lack a firm grip on their day should read Marc Zao-Sanders' Timeboxing and adopt its tenets

A destiny in Aligarh

In general, one's childhood is a scintilla of emotions, but in the author's case it appears to become a handy guide to survive a riot

The quickest path to WWIII

The Return of Great Powers argues that we are living through a Cold War redux

REAL.E scary

The collaboration has worked wonderfully though the final product is not for the faint hearted as well as those who are not already following the progress of AI

Embedding AI in strategy

Gathering data, analysing it, using it to sell products or getting more attention is something that made digital native companies successful

Faith between the covers

The gods abhorred abstinence and even though the consequences were not always as dire as the one that Hippolytus faced, abjuring sex never went unpunished or unreformed in the ancient world

Two is company

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's book portrays ordinary yet remarkable lives of the Murthys before Infosys, offering a captivating narrative of resilience and sacrifice that went into building the company

Coming of age in the City

Stevenson does a creditable job of explaining just what the desk does: Essentially, traders use "swaps" to bet on the direction of interest rates in multiple currencies

Marquez's unsatisfying goodbye

Reading Until August is a bit like watching a great dancer, well past his prime, marking his ineradicable elegance in a few moves he can neither develop nor sustain

Pocket FM to invest $40 million to bolster its online reading platform

Pocket Novel aims to play a pivotal role in unlocking opportunities and connecting writers with millions of readers, understanding immense potential within the underpenetrated novel market in India

Unpacking the 'S' word

Though compact, Nalini Rajan's book packs an abundance of deeply researched information, aiming to reinforce one's understanding of secularism