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Becoming Bangalore: Roopa Pai's book explores the city's history, culture

The book is an introduction to the city as seen through the eyes of one of its own

Becoming Bangalore: Roopa Pai's book explores the city's history, culture
Updated On : 04 Feb 2025 | 10:03 PM IST

K Ganesh's book offers insights to navigate modern business complexities

With traditional business models being upended by innovative startups, K Ganesh's book is a useful resource for anyone looking to understand and navigate the complexities of modern business

K Ganesh's book offers insights to navigate modern business complexities
Updated On : 28 Jan 2025 | 10:04 PM IST

G20 from the backroom: Amitabh Kant on navigating crises and consensus

Kant describes with ill-concealed glee how slack-jawed reporters reacted when a joint communique was indeed accepted as the New Delhi declaration of the G20

G20 from the backroom: Amitabh Kant on navigating crises and consensus
Updated On : 22 Jan 2025 | 11:22 PM IST

Two books explore the reigns, legacies of Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II

Queen Victoria's reign of more than 63 years was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II, who had reigned for 70 years when she died in 2022

Two books explore the reigns, legacies of Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II
Updated On : 19 Jan 2025 | 10:40 PM IST

Viewfinder: Palekar's memoirs capture his story, a bygone Bollywood era

Palekar believes that it was a series of serendipitous accidents that led him through most of his life

Viewfinder: Palekar's memoirs capture his story, a bygone Bollywood era
Updated On : 17 Jan 2025 | 11:24 PM IST

'How I Write' explores publishing challenges, writers' creative struggles

Each interview in this collection is insightful, unpacking for the uninitiated how the publishing industry works and the types of desirable and undesirable challenges they face

'How I Write' explores publishing challenges, writers' creative struggles
Updated On : 14 Jan 2025 | 11:59 PM IST
Updated On : 07 Jan 2025 | 10:24 PM IST

Prosenjit Datta's book highlights facts about India's development goals

Prosenjit Datta's simply argued and logically constructed book encourages readers to look beyond political posturing for the facts on India's developmental goals

Prosenjit Datta's book highlights facts about India's development goals
Updated On : 06 Jan 2025 | 10:41 PM IST

Cubbon Reads event in Bengaluru park stopped, organisers claim harassment

Cubbon Reads, a 'silent reading group' in Bengaluru, claimed that their members were evicted and asked to pay a fine of Rs 35,000 for using the Cubbon Park premises

Cubbon Reads event in Bengaluru park stopped, organisers claim harassment
Updated On : 22 Dec 2024 | 2:59 PM IST

Hameed's memoir calls for reclaiming India's spirit of communal harmony

The book reveals the India that once was, a plural state for which the liberal elite waxes nostalgic, and the India that could be by defeating rising Islamophobia

Hameed's memoir calls for reclaiming India's spirit of communal harmony
Updated On : 20 Dec 2024 | 11:41 PM IST

The White Ladder: Heroes, villains, and the drama of early mountaineering

Approaching the peak, more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the scene shifted from snow and frozen chasms to eruptions of what were described as "great tongues of flame"

The White Ladder: Heroes, villains, and the drama of early mountaineering
Updated On : 06 Dec 2024 | 10:46 PM IST

The Bataclan terrorists' trial: 10 months of unparalleled horror and pity

The book of Abdeslam turns out to be not that profound - as the trial progresses, Carrere decides he is a "sap caught up in his own contradictions" and an "abysmal void wrapped in lies."

The Bataclan terrorists' trial: 10 months of unparalleled horror and pity
Updated On : 24 Nov 2024 | 11:52 PM IST

'The Nature of Nature' book review: False solutions for climate change

This book is a must-read for people who beat themselves up for failing to avert every environmental disaster that makes it to the news cycle

'The Nature of Nature' book review: False solutions for climate change
Updated On : 22 Nov 2024 | 10:37 PM IST

S Jaishankar's book offers a practitioner's view of Indian foreign policy

While many academics and diplomats have penned books and memoirs on foreign policy, S Jaishankar's work offers a blend of hands-on experience, insight, and analysis

S Jaishankar's book offers a practitioner's view of Indian foreign policy
Updated On : 21 Nov 2024 | 10:05 PM IST

GN Devy's book questions common assumptions about India's languages

The book would have enhanced its accessibility for ordinary readers if more care had been paid to its presentation and delineation of arguments in support of the author's principal thesis

GN Devy's book questions common assumptions about India's languages
Updated On : 08 Nov 2024 | 11:46 PM IST

In this biography, Mitch McConnell hates Trump but loves power more

The overall sense you get from this biography is that McConnell has prioritised little besides his own political survival

In this biography, Mitch McConnell hates Trump but loves power more
Updated On : 04 Nov 2024 | 12:00 AM IST

Beyond beaches: Couto's essays on Goa's complex cultural identity

Maria Aurora Couto's last book is an elegy for a more inclusive Goa, and confronts its modern challenges, such as corruption

Beyond beaches: Couto's essays on Goa's complex cultural identity
Updated On : 31 Oct 2024 | 9:13 PM IST

A Ravindra's book delves into India's urbanisation challenges and future

With a few exceptions of large slums in megacities such as Mumbai, the poor continue to live on the city fringe-a colonial legacy that persists to this day

A Ravindra's book delves into India's urbanisation challenges and future
Updated On : 29 Oct 2024 | 10:13 PM IST

Trilochan Sastry's book explores faith, conflict, and search for harmony

How does one find harmony in the discordant notes of a practice that ignites wars and justifies genocide, all in the name of God? That is exactly what this book seeks to explore

Trilochan Sastry's book explores faith, conflict, and search for harmony
Updated On : 29 Oct 2024 | 1:10 AM IST

'Iconic Trees of India' explores deep-rooted bond between people and trees

One hopes that Natesh's labour of love will inspire numerous state-sponsored and citizen-led initiatives grounded in science to document and conserve India's green living heritage

'Iconic Trees of India' explores deep-rooted bond between people and trees
Updated On : 25 Oct 2024 | 11:53 PM IST