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Economic reforms’ eventful journey

Bimal Jalan gives a bird’s eye view of how the Indian economy and polity evolved since 1991

Demystifying ECBs

India Inc must tap foreign funds with caution

The code to uncommon leadership

Good coaches are key to ensuring organisation-wide unbiased, connected conversations

In love with operations management

The author brings aesthetics into a field obsessed with quantification

Millennial money mindset

Helping young adults make sense of the world of finance

The rise and fall of Rana Kapoor

The book sheds light on the journey of value creation and callous destruction by YES Bank’s promoter

A case for refining the WTO

A lucid account of the challenges facing the WTO and India’s engagement with the multilateral trade body

Dealing with career dilemmas

Corporate honcho Shiv Shivakumar’s book sheds fresh light

Pranab’s Presidential years

A matter-of-fact, yet reflective, memoir of a veteran politician

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