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One in a Billion: Sonal Holland's journey of popularising wine in India
If you believe in an idea and know it makes sense, don't give up - for Sonal C Holland, believing in her idea meant putting wine on India's map and inspiring a whole new community of wine lovers
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Vivek Banerji's book shows how to reap insight from information overload
Navigating through tons of data to uncover hidden patterns is a critical skill in this day and age, and the key is to look beyond data dashboards
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Hostile Homelands: Azad Essa's book traces India-Israel ties before BJP era
The author, who is based in New York, notes that India's arms imports from Israel rose by 175 per cent between 2015 and 2019
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2024: Could the US presidential election have gone any other way?
The authors end up arguing that things were not so fated, but reading what they have to report, I couldn't help feeling those political insiders had a point
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Shattered Lands: Sam Dalrymple uncovers the subcontinent's dark realities
Sam Dalrymple's book contextualises the shared history of the subcontinent and reminds us of its many dark realities
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A General's diaries are curated into a breezy military history of India
This book was put together by his grandson, Gaurav Shrinagesh, presumably by curating the late general's diaries and memorabilia
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'The Indira Gandhi of AIIMS': Sneh Bhargava's memoir is a compelling read
From hospital politics and clashing egos to difficult politicians and controversial appointments - Sneh Bhargava's memoir lays bare the inner workings of Aiims
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Bad Company: Megan Greenwell's book explores human cost of private equity
Bad Company details how cliched abstractions like "consolidation" and "efficiency" have given cover to real betrayals
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Learning about the Other: The Cave of Echoes swims with own pair of fins
The book operates much like a magic mirror where the glass reflects, not the object, but the viewer's gaze on the object
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India at WTO: Ably defending the indefensible in trade negotiations
India's WTO negotiators have performed brilliantly in defending the 'perceived' national interest - but did they read the national interest correctly?
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Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville' reveals essence of the new American right
The new American right is a Hydra-headed monster. Mr Trump isn't its cause, but its distilled essence
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Thinking Aloud: Jerry Pinto maps identity, cinema, and making of a nation
The three essays that comprise this book are updated versions of talks Pinto delivered at conferences organised by History for Peace, an initiative of The Seagull Foundations for the Arts
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A K Bhattacharya's third book on India's FMs captures the post-reform era
Typically, by the third sequel, authors tend to lose energy, but not A K Bhattacharya. He enjoys reporting the joys and pains of India's finance ministers too much
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Submersed: Going deep into the secret world of DIY submarine builders
Frank, an accomplished author of narrative nonfiction, uses his terror as inspiration for this exploration of personal submersibles and the eccentrics that make, descend and sometimes die in them
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New book revives R D Karve's work on sex education, women's rights
In the foreword, author, journalist and former Rajya Sabha member Kumar Ketkar describes Karve as "a maverick, a rebel and a social revolutionary born ahead of his time."
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Marketing Mixology: Ambi Parameswaran's book on the ideal cocktail
For those new to marketing or coming from a non-marketing background, Marketing Mixology offers a good introduction to the subject
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John Hancock: America's unsung founding father and revolutionary mark
It is unlikely Hancock will be restored to the top tier of the founders, but remembering him better could reap dividends
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A Stranger in Three Worlds: Tracing Aubrey Menen's search for identity
With biting wit, Menen maps the universality of exclusion
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David C Engerman looks at six S. Asian economists who shaped their nations
Of the Apostles still with us, there are few intersections between them and age-related constraints on all
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Wild Fictions: A literary journey with Amitav Ghosh through time, terrain
Often, collections like this can be read in whatever manner the reader desires, without losing any of the essence. You dip in, read what you fancy and then skip to another part
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