Book review: Last among equals: Power, Caste and Politics in Bihar’s villages

Book review: Last among equals: Power, Caste and Politics in Bihar’s villages

This book describes the formidable spirit shown by the poor to succeed against all odds 

Book review: Advertising at the Crossroads by John Philip Jones and Mary Baumgartner Jones

Book review: Advertising at the Crossroads by John Philip Jones and Mary Baumgartner Jones

The authors say that ad agencies used to creating low involvement product advertising till now will have to transform as high involvement products ris

Book Review | Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India

Book Review | Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India

The data part of governance are all under concerted attack in the present dispensation – the infrastructure for collection, the processes for ve

Beyond the Surface of War

Rachna Bisht Rawat’s collection of short stories is a collage of human courage providing a rare insight into the lives of the participants of the 1

Leadership lessons from rulers past

The author delves into the life and times of historical personalities to improve oneself

Power Play: An ambitious treatise on the BJP

Nalin Mehta’s expansive take on the ruling party is as much a thesis of political science as a commentary of a beat journalist.

Capturing the changing contours of Chennai 

Author V Sriram seeks to size up a much-evolved city 

A quick journey into brand management

Brandvantage is like a well-informed co-traveller that would help you glide through the labyrinth of data and consumer insights

The growing receptivity to net positivity 

The authors show that embracing and practising ESG is not inconsistent with financial excellence 

The science of making personal change

Author Katy Milkman says there is such a huge opportunity to improve lives if individuals can change their behaviours

Chef Vikas Khanna’s generous serves

The inspirational story behind the pandemic-necessitated ‘Feed India’—one of the world’s largest food drives—is a heart-warming book filled

Beyond the Boundary

Sports writer Suresh Menon journeys into the literary world to share passages and interludes that enrich a reader’s life

A useful primer for wannabe entrepreneurs

The book is packed with practical “how to” advice from the idea stage, going all the way to an IPO, and is laid out in simple language and peppere

Shedding fresh light on poet Edwin Arnold

Jairam Ramesh’s biography talks about Englishman Arnold’s seminal work on Buddha and the influence it had on Indian leaders

Analysing gender portrayal in Indian advertising

In Beauty Paradigm,Jaishri Jethwaney describes how there is blatant stereotyping and objectification of women in ad narratives

The spiritual voyage of a shipwrecked group

The Stranger in the Lifeboat is a tale of survival and having faith – but it has more unanswered questions than solutions

The life and times of Bollywood’s Greatest Showman

In Raj Kapoor, The Master At Work , Rahul Rawail presents little known aspects of the maverick film-maker, actor-producer-director who explored cinema

Why ESG needs to be at the forefront of corporate strategy

Concern for the planet and society was never on the corporate agenda in a big way; that will now seriously change

‘Any Truism About India can be Immediately Contradicted by Another Truism’: Shashi Tharoor

The Congress MP and author whose latest book gives a panoramic range of his writings on men, morality, country and more

Gripping tales of vaccine discovery

The telling of vaccine rollouts from HIV to SARS-CoV2 virus is a true adventure story of our times.

A delightful smorgasbord of cinematic moments!

Anupama Chopra’s book A Place in my Heart is a delightful insider’s view of the Indian film industry as a reporter, a family member, a cinema goer

Stitching a page-turner inspired by headlines

Based on India's war against terror, 'Operation Trojan Horse' is an engaging thriller novel.

Unpacking the big black box of villainy

In Pure Evil, the Bad Men of Bollywood, Balaji Vittal traces the various shades of villainy down the ages

Of tender remembrances through emails

Nayantara Sahgal’s book Encounter with Kiran which is full of magical exchanges between two writers busts the myth of electronic correspondence bein

What business leaders have been reading

Various corporate leaders share with BusinessLine their eclectic reading over the past year.

Remo – More than just a music star

The Goan singer’s autobiography is more about his life than his music - a well written, honest, candid account.

A handy assistant for doctors, students, science students

Although immunology jargon has become a part of everyday vocabulary in the pandemic era, it is a formidable subject – here is a book that simplifies

A Feast of Words, Memories and Other Delectables

This abridged memoir with recipes by one of the most evocative food writers of our times is worth devouring

Sustainability and tech, key imperatives for nations to be productive

Social, environmental, and governance objectives and tech that helps an economy preserve the prosperity of citizens in the long term is important, say

Steps to be a CEO

A practical guide to climb the corporate ladder

A tale of devastating corporate greed 

By hoodwinking regulators and lying about the addictive properties of opiates, the Sackler clan encircled large swathes of middle America 

The elusive search for a bride

Resolve is a typical Perumal Murugan story that beautifully brings out typical problems faced by rural societies

An actor with an amazing range

The biography on late Sanjeev Kumar, one of the most versatile actors of Hindi cinema, is a labour of love

More than a football club

The story of FC Barcelona’s ascent and descent

How time became money

A book that explores how work became the central organizational principle of our societies

The exciting aftermath of crossing The Wall

Gautam Bhatia’s second novel The Horizon, a deeply satisfying sequel to his speculative fictional book The Wall will thrill fans of the original

Why the US lost the Afghan War

Craig Whitlock’s book The Afghanistan Papers looks beyond the rhetoric to delve into all that went wrong

I’m in awe of the entrepreneurial environment in India: Indra Nooyi

Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo Inc, Indra Nooyi, on the start-up culture in the country, and on her time at PepsiCo

Where brands reflected nationalism and pride

Entrepreneurship as well as advertising played an important part in India’s history and Ramya Ramamurthy's book brings these phenomenal stories out