Page 12 - Literature
The melancholy & danger of inherited wealth
Trapped in a silk-draped Venn diagram with the socialite and hostess, the heiress has been an unfair object of ridicule
The many faces of Vajpayee
A biography of India's first non-Congress PM to serve a full term offers an insightful and engrossing narrative
Fending off workplace predators
Read this book and absorb its essence, but also work on enhancing your indispensability through your contributions
Why the economy is off track
The book charts the history of India's economy after 2014 through a dozen chapters
The modern feeding frenzy
Mr Saladino has an 18-year-old backpacker's willingness to light out for remote destinations far from the usual food-writer feeding troughs
Profiting from purpose
Deep Purpose is a modern-day timeless classic on how individuals and institutions intersect to produce performance and profit through the alchemy of purpose
The ESG imperative
The need for businesses to shift their practices from wasteful extraction to sustainable, regenerative, equitable systems has never been greater
Battling an ancient scourge
In Phantom Plague, Vidya Krishnan lays out the long, maddening history of tuberculosis
Maus ban: It's complicated
Going by the rulebook is easier said than done because such discussions are fraught with emotion and opinion
The everyman performer
The authors take us through some engaging anecdotes from Kumar's personal life
Notes from a 'mainland North-easterner'
Replete with anecdotes, The Eastern Gate provides an all-encompassing view of the troubles of the north-east
Game theories
Mr Roeder is himself a player, and he structures much of his narrative around his entry in major competitions
Royal contrarians
An expertly researched book seeks to question the stereotypes about India's princely states
The world tomorrow
Mr Macaes has set out the implications of the pandemic cogently -but he does not offer quick-fix solutions
Living with uncertainty
The author has many suggestions on how best to take on and succeed in this emerging, bewildering world
A promising road map for millennials
For professionals who are well read, the book will appeal to the historian in you
An expansive view of the BJP
Nalin Mehta combines scholarship, in-depth reportage and first-person interviews with a wide range of senior BJP leaders and junior functionaries
A Fed morality tale
Mr Leonard has chosen Rexnord as an example advisedly
Auroville in letter and spirit: a long-time resident's tell-all account
A long-time resident writes about an intensely personal journey that overlaps with the controversies within this international community devoted to spiritual harmony
The art of leaning in
The bias against women in general finds many mentions in the book
