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Second men, primary powers

An incisive, dispassionate and revealing biography of the redoubtable VK Krishna Menon

Pedalling on relationships

Sunil Kant Munjal’s book on the Hero Group provides management lessons wrapped in a family saga

Check in to the world of hotels

A captivating account of the evolution of India’s hotel industry and emergence of new platforms

Unease of doing business with China

A valuable book explains how Indian industry and the foreign office have not seized opportunities

Journey towards a tolerant society

Europe’s shift from bigotry to a supposedly more enlightened society is neither linear nor final. India should take note

A toolkit for policymaking

Economists Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah’s sage advice to policymakers: Speak truth to power

Lever-aging Hindustan

While mapping corporate lessons from Hindustan Unilever, Sudhir Sitapati is selective in his revelations

A holistic picture of MSMEs

An insider’s account of the success, failures and travails of this key segment of the economy

Wisdom of the 64 squares

Viswanathan ‘Vishy’ Anand’s unique memoir is pure anand – and not just for chess buffs

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

What charts say about 6 key sectors and how to play them

Do note that all the indices are selected purely based on the price action seen on the charts using technical analysis

Looking for safe havens? Try treasury bills

Here is a complete lowdown on treasury bills, which are a good alternative to bank deposits, small savings schemes

Mastering Derivatives: Characteristics of option vega

Vega is positive for long calls and long puts

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up