Book review

Amid claims of ancient India’s lofty scientific achievements, a book explores the grounded reality of ‘philosophical’ Indians’ tryst with technology

LET ME begin with this lesser-known realm of China, which lies west of the country’s magnificent coastal cities that we…

Becoming Steve Jobs, which talks about the life and times of the legendary entrepreneur, makes for a compelling read.

In just a year of the Modi government, Raghav Bahl predicts India to be a possible super economy of the…

Companies prefer to stick to core competences, incremental gains and defensiveness. The alternative path is one of aggression, says Ram…

In Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!, Nicholas Carlson gives a detailed account of the tech leader’s failures…

There might not be unanimous acceptance of how Martin Wolf dissects the financial crisis, but the book certainly sparks off…

The Tears of the Rajas is a shocking peek into our colonial past, its meandering pages making you wonder at…

Driven To Distraction At Work identifies six ways people lose the ability to focus at work.

The Seasons of Trouble is a poignant reminder of the scars left behind by decades of conflict in war-ravaged Sri…

From poverty-stricken tribals to Naxalism, Inside Chhattisgarh touches upon all issues concerning the state, but ends up reading like a…

In these excerpts, author Ronnie Screwvala explains how UTV’s success had more to do with hard work than luck.

A much-needed rewrite of India’s economic history unfortunately takes the road paved with good intentions.

The second Granta devoted to India celebrates an ‘eruption of literary non-fiction’, holding up a mirror to the sweeping changes—social,…