Page 25 - Book Review

BITs in pieces

As bilateral investment treaties' dispute settlement mechanisms become controversial and face backlash, Prabhash Ranjan's book serves as a compass for navigating these turbulent waters

Making family businesses last

Through 12 case studies and plenty of anecdotes and nuggets of wisdom strewn throughout, Beyond Three Generations is a book that every founder seeking longevity for their business must read

A turbulent political life

Journalist Pallavi Rebbapragada's book attempts to introduce Odiyas and non-Odiyas alike to the complexities of the state's politics through the fascinating life of its chief minister Nandini Satpathy

Behind bars with Palestinians

My Brother, My Land is a memoir of discontinuities, interruptions and confinements. Nasser Abu Srour's memoir, The Tale of a Wall, echoes the story of Iyad in disquieting fashion.

The art of constructive negotiation

Management school teacher Prakash Chugani's book is designed to help you shed the belief that some people are born to be successful negotiators

Dr Subbarao's book of revelations

The former RBI governor's second book is a delightful read, filled with riveting anecdotes that shed light on the doubts and dilemmas faced by a civil servant with a clear sense of right and wrong

India's urban imperatives

With his wealth of experience, Om Prakash Mathur distils insights and wisdom on urbanisation in one comprehensive compilation, making it a must-read along with his earlier book

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

Reports from MAGA frontlines

The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy, a new book by Isaac Arnsdorf, a journalist at The Washington Post

The hubris of the Raj

Mukund Padmanabhan's elegantly written book seeks to reconstruct a 'narrative of events that have been neglected, of stories that have been lost'

How 'BK-16' puts democracy on trial

The Incarcerations is the biography of 16 disparate prisoners of conscience - poets, professors, lawyers and journalists

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

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

Researcher in the hot seat

India desperately needs more such books about women in senior leadership roles not only to inspire girls who want to realise seemingly impossible dreams but also to prepare boys

The plague as a metaphor

Laxmibai Tilak, a contemporary writer, recounts how plague camps, where patients were quarantined, were 'kingdoms of the god of death'

Afghanistan: Reports from the wreckage

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

Leader as 'friction fixer'

Successful friction-fixers are assured of a long-lasting functional job that is for sure

Climate change is making us paranoid and angry

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

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