Page 8 - Literature

The journey to authentic leadership

A command-and-control hierarchical leadership regime is so 20th century. The new approach is more purpose-driven

A biography of SARS-CoV-2

Quammen was among those who had long predicted this kind of catastrophe

Valley of Words Book Awards: 'Tagore & Gandhi' wins in English non-fiction

In the fiction category, Anees Salim's 'The Odd Book of Baby Names' and Neelakshi Singh's 'Khela' were adjudged the best in English and Hindi, respectively

Arun Jaitley's India: A pol's stump handbook

The thoughts of the former finance minister compiled in a book could prove to be a handy guide for the many BJP spokespersons for their public and media appearances

A post-crisis understanding of state capitalism

Has the Washington Consensus failed? Lalita Som's book explores this debate from the prism of case studies of eight countries, including the BRICS

Weak spots in the Chinese miracle

Frank Dikotter's new book puts the spotlight on the many vulnerabilities that bedevil China and could lead to an unravelling of its increasingly debt-fuelled economy

Russian evolution

Western countries may have provided too little support for post-Soviet reform, but they hardly isolated Russia, as Figes claims

The voyage that never ends

Bengali novelist Samaresh Bose's quest for the 'celestial blinkers' that blind millions has contemporary resonance

Fountain pens and national ambitions: The forgotten story of India Ink

From the names of pen manufacturers to the minute differences in their makes -Inked in India is a marvellous journey for both the connoisseur and the uninitiated

Period pieces: A world where you can't talk about menstruation

Human rights lawyer and writer Farah Ahamed's book is a profound exploration of this topic

Leopards in their labyrinths

Crooked Cats is a fascinating, and occasionally entertaining, micro-study of all aspects of the big-cat-human encounter

The rise and rise of passive investing

With the passive investment revolution upon us, Robin Wigglesworth's book offers a useful guide

Inside Trump's 'cartoonishly chaotic' presidency

The backbiting led to constant personnel turnover, a dreary parade of firings, resignations and defenestrations

Crossing the LGBTQIA+ bar

Maya Sharma attempts to capture narratives of the Queer experience beyond the big city setting

India's roller-coaster ride to growth

Professor Balakrishnan dwells on key events and indicators rather than drawing up an extensive listing of milestones and data

Tencent: Rise and hubris

Lulu Yilun Chen's book takes a detailed look at the Chinese digital giant's birth, its rise, and market battles

Insiders in the development story

Anchoring Change celebrates the grassroots interventions over 75 years but it could have had a more diverse set of organisations and initiatives

India's China war: The next generation

Pravin Sawhney's book set in 2024 presents an entirely credible account of a robotic assault on India

How the car created the modern world

It didn't merely influence the modern world - it created it

Memsahibs in the Raj

Ipshita Nath's book captures the hermetically sealed nature of the memsahibs' world from the country in which they lived