Books

Citigroup’s cosy ties with the US government form the backdrop to episodes such as the 2008 crisis

Bob Woodward meticulously captures the chaos that rules the White House today

12 business-women extending family legacies

This book is a timely reminder to take back control of both your health and mental well-being

A provocative book on frauds argues that there is an opportunity cost to eliminating dishonesty

Madeleine Albright’s book is a useful addition on fascism, both for what it says and what it doesn’t

Two books reveal the revolving-door relationship between the Big Four, businesses, governments and regulators

Geoffrey Robinson’s book lays bare the perils of the army capturing state power

James Bridle on how complex technology darkens our life and culture, and the urgent need to shed digital fatalism

History lessons on the rise of populism and the perils for ‘unequal’ democracies

The English translation of a famed 1974 Tamil novel lets a broader audience take in the ethos of a subaltern people in a fecund Dravidian belt

This breezy, anecdote-filled book tells us how crucial it is to listen to both the high and the humble

How Facebook has become a landscape of chaos where democratic values and diversity are taken for a ride, creating a technopoly of inequalities

Journalists are being made to act as ‘clerical coolis’ today, feels veteran political journalist P Raman, whose recent book, ‘The Post-truth Media’s Survival Sutra: A Footsoldier’s Version’ tracks the ups and downs of Indian media. The octogenarian journalist has shared his thoughts on Indian journalism and its future in a freewheeling email interview with BusinessLine. Excerpts:

Filled with anecdotes, the book tells people what they can do for the environment

The development of thinking machines evokes as much hope in the future as fearful dystopia

In the past, poor countries looked to the West for advances in medical knowledge. It’s time now the West started looking to countries such as India ...

Three works discuss the marvels and vagaries of the human body, death and everything else

Jairam Ramesh brings to life PN Haksar, a one-time confidante of Indira Gandhi who fell out with her later

A no-nonsense and forceful treatise on creating a culture of excellence in business, and beyond

A bouquet of authors dissects and deconstructs modern Indian marriage

Chennai writer Krishna Trilok pens ‘Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of AR Rahman’

Apart from the unusual bonhomie between of two former intelligence top guns, the book, however, flatters to deceive

A veteran economist dissects the economy and suggest ways of putting it back on high growth