India’s Skills Challenge
Edited by Santosh Mehrotra
Oxford
R995
Pp 297
Based on primary surveys of vocational training providers and enterprises, this book provides a comprehensive agenda of reforms to improve the employability of India’s youth.
Basic Income
Sarath Davala & Guy Standing
Bloomsbury
R599
Pp 234
Can we provide people a basic income as a right? This book draws on two schemes conducted in Madhya Pradesh in which thousands were provided with monthly cash payment.
The Capitals of Nations
Lalita Som
Oxford
R 995
Pp 273
Focusing on three forms of intangible capital, this book looks at their linkages as crucial determinants of economic growth and their significance in the process of economic evolution.
Bedtime Story: A Play/ Black Tulip: A Screenplay
Kiran Nagarkar
HarperCollins
R 650; Pp 100/196
In continuance with Kiran Nagarkar’s searing, dark and wickedly funny works are these experiments
with form: the screenplay Black Tulip and the play Bedtime Story.
The Tears of the Rajas
Ferdinand Mount
Simon & Schuster
R 799
Pp 773
The Tears of the Rajas is a sweeping history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single Scottish family. It is an epic saga of love, war, intrigue and treachery.
