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Management adages vs contextual reality

At the heart of Busted lies a profound truth that dismantles the long-held shibboleths of management

The Luddites of Big Tech

Merchant is keen to reframe the Luddites as proto-unionist reformers rather than violent revolutionaries

Ordinary intellectuals

Amit Chaudhuri's book explores the role of organic intellectuals in shaping India's contemporary narrative of resistance and reason

The write side of history

A book that takes readers on a guided tour of some of the world's oldest and most mysterious scripts

India's place in the new world order

Ambassador Sujan Chinoy's book explores why strengthening the existing multilateral order is crucial, not only for containing China, but also for minimising superpowers' exceptionalism

New complexities in Dalit assertion

A thoughtfully put-together volume illuminates the gamut of current struggles and tensions in Dalit politics, encompassing discrimination, representation, as well as their aspirations and anxieties

The 'mercurial man child'

Yet even as Musk struggles to relate to the actual humans around him, his plans for humanity are grand

Rethinking India's past

How and where does one begin to understand this history?

Talking about disaster management

In a comprehensive compendium of disasters of various types, three scientists explore the challenges of policymaking when every technology created by man so far has pros and cons over its life cycle

Politics and the second sex

Women politicians, the author suggests, bring to politics and policy a sensitivity that most of their male counterparts, at least until a generation back, lacked

The Vaishyavisation of India

With a practical eye, Ramachandran Vaidyanathan's book discusses the applications (and implications) of caste rather than its theory

Joe Biden and The West Wing fantasy

If Biden is the last politician, we should presumably cling to him for as long as possible. Boomer hegemony as destiny: This is the future sketched for us by Foer's thin and yet telling book

Tracking the history of the cheetah

The debate over the cheetah is a reminder of how our own power needs to be tempered not just by knowledge but wonder. This is not a book to be missed

The Constitution in interesting times

Gautam Bhatia's book situates the judicial pronouncements of the past decade in the context what has been achieved (or destroyed), providing an incisive look into the state of the judiciary

A non-conformist in the political cauldron

Mani Shankar Aiyar's memoir is an account of his unique journey, his chequered career, friendships, and the pursuit of ideals that led to his unorthodox path

The rise and fall of the pocket calculator

The ancients grappled with the question of whether we always benefited from making tasks easier for ourselves

How Britain became Criminal Inc

Oliver Bullough's book offers a whirlwind trip of the dark underbelly of global finance, covering everything from tax law changes to aiding criminals to decamp with money from bank accounts

The DIY handbook for mutual fund investing

Personal finance columnist Monika Halan's book steers clear of needless complexity and provides knowledge that is useful

Prejudice, hubris, crisis management

A book of thumbnail biographies of Indian prime ministers delves into the motivations behind their history-altering decisions, revealing a narrative that centres around survival

India's nuclear champion

From nuclear power to policy gaps and female literacy, former principal scientific advisor Rajagopala Chidambaram's memoir leaves readers with a lot to think about