Page 17 - Literature
Sun, fire and sacrifice
Wendy Doniger delves into the equine in Indian myth and culture
 "Sun, fire and sacrifice")
Complicating Bollywood
Akshaya Kumar attempts to understand the interplay between Bhojpuri cinema, its language, symbols, the people it represents, and Hindi cinema
 "Complicating Bollywood")
Anatomy of a business failure
When a venture fails, it is convenient to blame either the jockey (the startup founder) or the horse (the business opportunity)
 "Anatomy of a business failure")
The JP phenomenon
JP never shied away from debate, even when it was with those he regarded as dear friends
 "The JP phenomenon")
India's trysts with authoritarianism
Mr Joseph opines that the threat of losing democratic ethos has been looming over India for far too long now
 "India's trysts with authoritarianism")
Gamestop's improbable story
Mr Mezrich mans the conveyor belt at the factory that turns raw reality into its slick cinematic depiction
 "Gamestop's improbable story")
Macroeconomics in action
The book does not take more than a paragraph to warn us about our misplaced hopes in demographic dividends
 "Macroeconomics in action")
Lessons for new owner as it inks a fresh chapter for Crossword
Last year, Covid-19 hit book sales - albeit not publishing per se - with the lockdown months shutting out physical retail altogether
 "Lessons for new owner as it inks a fresh chapter for Crossword")
Decoding Sino-Indian diplomacy
Mr Gokhale has analysed Chinese negotiating behaviour through a set of six issues relating to India-China relations
 "Decoding Sino-Indian diplomacy")
Why we still need economic planning
The book makes theoretical and empirical arguments to show why India still needs planning even more than before
 "Why we still need economic planning")
Pakistan's lines of control
The book encourages readers to consider how Pakistan's unilateral measures in PoK have always resulted in painful consequences for India
 "Pakistan's lines of control")
When the Big Bang was just a theory
In his new book, Flashes of Creation, Paul Halpern chronicles the rise of Gamow and Hoyle into leaders of mostly opposing views of cosmology
 "When the Big Bang was just a theory")
Think like a CFO
What the authors do offer is the valuable experience of being in six different masterclasses
 "Think like a CFO")
The tech soothsayer
What makes the book one of its kind is the weaving of 10 stories of the world in 2041 across multiple continents and cultures
 "The tech soothsayer")
From Davos, without love
Ms Kaur talks at length about nationalism and its facets
 "From Davos, without love")
Future shocks in global politics
What millions of years of climate change have done to the environment have been accelerated by human agency
 "Future shocks in global politics")
How Big Tech is watching you
Luckily, governments around the world have started waking up to both the dangers and started working on curbing Big Tech
 "How Big Tech is watching you")
Two queens and a rebellion
The book opens with the observation, "In 1857, the resistance of common people made leaders of obscure royals"
 "Two queens and a rebellion")
From the ruins of 9/11
Reign of Terror makes clear that what happened on September 11, 2001
 "From the ruins of 9/11")
Midnight's septuagenarians
Saleem, nearly thirty-one-years old, puts on display the many personal artefacts and feelings and notions and nicknames and omens that are his inheritance
 "Midnight's septuagenarians")
