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How traders win big when society collapses

Perhaps what comes through most strongly is just how many theories there are about how financial markets behave

History through climate change

Historian Peter Frankopan traces the story of human civilisation through its impact on the biosphere

Lost subtext of the planetary crisis

Siddarth Shrikanth's book explores the urgent need to prioritise nature and adopt a nature-positive approach in addressing the global environmental crisis

The roots of male dominance

Angela Saini's book is a thought-provoking exploration of patriarchy, its historical roots, and its impact on society, offering glimpses of resistance and the search for alternatives

Reinventing capitalism for the digital age

Ro Khanna's book reveals the dual nature of the Digital Revolution, urging policymakers to decentralise growth and ensure inclusivity in the face of its transformative impact

A tale of five hacks

"Fancy Bear" and "Cozy Bear" refer to cyberespionage units linked to Russian intelligence that gained access to Democratic National Committee's computer systems before 2016 presidential election

What to do when skill and energy wane

When professional and physical decline set in, what does one do?

Anglophile scientist, ardent nationalist

Bhabha was born into a wealthy Parsi family (he was related to the Tatas). He studied physics at Cambridge and wrote several well-regarded papers

The political anatomy of caste

Mr Mitta addresses complex question. If we are all avowed Hindus, why do we fight, rape and kill each other in the name of caste?

Puncturing the world map

This narrative, how­ever, overlooks the forces that were at play already when these nations emer­ged and that would 50 years later end up draw­ing hard limits on what states could do

Indo-Pak: The more things change…

With a foreword by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the book begins by stating the nuances in the evolution of Pakistan as a military state

9/11, crime & punishment

Caught napping on 9/11 - in part because of a turf war with the FBI - the CIA was eager to get ahead of the game and gather intelligence on a rumoured second wave of attacks

Maulana Azad: Proud Indian, proud Muslim

Azad, according to Dr Habib, was not comfortable in the presence of a crowd. He sought the solitude that is conducive to scholarship

Hong Kong beyond the divides

Fortune's Bazaar shows that cities are constructed not from zero-sum games and political theory, but from generations of human interactions that defy us-and-them formulas

Film studies for your first show

Overall, however, this is one of those few texts which - despite the occasional knots of jargon-heavy writing and the text's volume - can be picked up for a bedside read or a casual metro ride

Smashing the glass ceiling from the corner office

Asia has its share of successful women leaders, and the qualities they bring to the table aren't that different from those of men in leadership positions

India as restrained elephant

A balanced narrative presents alternative points of view via 708 references - or nearly three per page

The capitalist generation's space race

Vance's story is set in motion by the exile of Gen S Pete Worden, an astrophysicist and top military science official, to the backwater of NASA's Silicon Valley operations

The dissident lens

A historian offers an immersive experience in tracing the history of protest at FTII, Pune

CBSE Class 10th Result declared; here's how to check marks online

CBSE 10th Result 2023: About 2.1 million students had appeared for CBSE class 10 exam this year