Books

The dormant debate on the merits and demerits of different models of development has been revived, at least in India, following the publication of ...

India’s founding fathers drew inspiration from ancient texts and artefacts. But they tiptoed around the Islamic tradition.

Ajit Balakrishnan, founder of Rediff.com, recently launched his book The Wave Rider. The book helps connect a lot of dots for those who want to ...

Imtiaz Gul uses his excellent contacts and reach to portray Osama Bin Laden, considered the world’s No. 1 terrorist until the Americans took him out.

Indian bureaucrats, either in the civil or in foreign service, are not usually given to writing their memoirs, lest they jangle the nerves of their ...

“The world must know what happened, and never forget.” General Eisenhower said this while visiting Nazi death camps in 1945 but is just as good for ...

I. G. Patel’s remarkable quality of being willing to change his views when confronted with new data served him well in his policy-making role.I. G. Patel was clearly not enamoured by all the talk of India becoming a superpower in years to come. He favoured a more modest role for the country.

Who is Vladimir Putin? While the question often attracts answers like “Russian President”, “former KGB spy” and “tough-talking ultra-nationalist”, ...

There is something magical about Mumbai. Over decades, many people have tried to capture the spirit of the city through Bollywood movies, Hindi ...

The sub-prime crisis has impacted more people worldwide than any other crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed Government policies and unscrupulous ...

For entrepreneurs, ‘finished’ is an F-word, write Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha in The Start-up of You (www.landmark onthenet.com). We are all works ...

Age is irrelevant, avers John A. Dembitz in It’s the People! (www.landmarkonthenet.com). In his view, “It is the competence of the individual, their ...

Terminating or laying off an employee is an unpleasant task that a leader may have to at times perform in the best interest of the company. Yet, it ...

The US is attempting to reclaim the fascination it had held for the rest of the world.The book presents an alarming picture of a country that seems to be hurtling inexorably into an abyss filled with the disappointment of Americans who feel their Government has failed them in several spheres, be it governance, education, industry or jobs.

Purno Agitok Sangma says his book, ‘A Life In Politics', is a serious work that offers no sensationalism. He promises that his next book, ...

Forty years or more ago, Lawrence Durrell, who is not generally known for light-heartedness, wrote a trilogy on diplomatic life. It is called the ...

If you are approaching your retirement years, should you get out of the stock market? Answering this question is a chapter titled ‘How much in risky ...

Over the past four decades she provided a running commentary on the state of affairs of India and on her 50th anniversary, the cheeky, impish ‘Amul’ ...

As the classic novel Chowringhee completes a glorious fifty years of publication today, author Mani Sankar Mukherji says it is still a “mystery” for ...

The appetite for business books is growing enormously in India. The demographic profile of India and the rapidly growing managerial workforce favour growth. The other important trend that we see is the advent of online book retailers. Mr Vinay Hebbar, Managing Director, Harvard Business Publishing, India

An account of how our brain makes us work mostly without our knowledge, especially when it comes to crime.

Talk of ‘public finance' and what springs to mind is the widening fiscal deficit, the Government's perpetual borrowings to fund this deficit and the ...

Ten, fifteen, twenty years from now, what will be the things you will regret most? Perhaps not the dumb things you did during that time, but the ...

When measured in terms of your lifetime earning capacity, your human capital is your most valuable asset, reminds Jerry A. Webman in MoneyShift: How ...