Page 8 - Literature
An uprising and its discontents
Dr Murphy is professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK
 "An uprising and its discontents")
Who is Vladimir Putin?
Short, a former journalist with the BBC, The Economist, and The Times of London, adds to the library of insightful books about the Russian autocrat
 "Who is Vladimir Putin?")
A jab at the vaccine story
India's Vaccine Growth Story: From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri is divided into nine chapters with an epilogue
 "A jab at the vaccine story")
Time to colour outside the lines
Author, Nilanjana Bhowmick mixes the personal and anecdotal with data and survey reports to build a more accessible narrative around women's rights, feminist values and patriarchal structures
 "Time to colour outside the lines")
Life after Apartheid
This "mirror of graciousness" wasn't something that Malaika, for one, was especially interested in providing
 "Life after Apartheid")
Trans-forming history
A global trans history stands as testimony to the gender nonconformity of our past
 "Trans-forming history")
An Aussie against the goras
It took Mr Ranjan, who is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), eight years to write this book
 "An Aussie against the goras")
China in the neighbourhood
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhary's book The China Factor presents good background reading for anyone interested in assessing China's relations with some of India's neighbours
 "China in the neighbourhood")
Bringing the Internet under control
Mr Susskind is a keen observer of the digital world's dangers and his analysis is enhanced, for American readers, by his outsider's eye
 "Bringing the Internet under control")
When Sumitra met Anees…
A journalist seeks to capture the confluence of cultures in the home in which she grew up and how it reflected the promise of India's founding ideals
 "When Sumitra met Anees…")
Message from the Holocaust
Rosenberg Vrba spent the rest of his life regretting that his report didn't gain enough traction to save more Jews, especially those from Hungary
 "Message from the Holocaust")
Perennial marketing lessons from classic brands
The book stokes nostalgia to an extent that even its cover is a creative spin-off of a product's image
 "Perennial marketing lessons from classic brands")
The man who helped investors buy yachts
Bogle and Vanguard have shaped America's financial ecosystem in myriad ways
 "The man who helped investors buy yachts")
How India missed the global trade bus
The six chapters in this book provide an excellent historical perspective of how India's trade policy evolved
 "How India missed the global trade bus")
J C Bose: Scientist extraordinaire
The copious correspondence between the scientist and the poet is one source of delight for the reader
 "J C Bose: Scientist extraordinaire")
A tour of non-human reality
The animals in Yong's book are mostly nonhuman, but scientists are necessarily part of his story too
 "A tour of non-human reality")
Star power on bookshelves
The struggles of living in Mumbai to work in Bollywood also show up in actor Kubbra Sait's debut as an author
The English question
The book cogently examines the politics over language in a global context
 "The English question")
A colossus in UP
The book describes in detail, the central elements of administration during the Bahuguna years
 "A colossus in UP")
Food for thought on entrepreneurship
Later in the book, Raghunandan G, founder of TaxiForSure, makes a similar point on leadership
 "Food for thought on entrepreneurship")
