The Ozempic Revolution
Alexandra Sowa
HarperCollins
Pp 256, Rs 499
The newest class of weight loss drugs (GLP-1s) is a complete gamechanger. In The Ozempic Revolution, Alexandra Sowa, a leading obesity medicine specialist, shares her expertise on this much-discussed but largely misunderstood class of medications, including information like what the GLP-1 experience really feels like, how to know if you’re a candidate for these medications, how to get a prescription and get it covered by insurance, and so on.
The Story-preneur’s Playbook
Nitin Babel & Prateek Roy Chowdhury
Penguin Random House
Pp 148, Rs 350
The Storypreneur’s Playbook distils wisdom from 15 path-breaking entrepreneurs who have created successful businesses in domains such as technology, travel, media, entertainment and social impact. Through compelling storytelling, this book delves into the psychology of entrepreneurship and how every entrepreneur is a ‘hero’ in the making. Each chapter explores a stage of the heroic journey and the emotions that define it, from fear and resilience to hope and triumph.
Demography, Representation, Delimitation
Ravi K Mishra
Westland Books
Pp 558, Rs 775
This book presents a study of India’s demographic growth from the first modern Census in 1872 to 2024 and draws on 150 years of data from decennial censuses, district gazetteers, boundary commission reports and State Reorganisation Acts. It challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding the north-south demographic divide and reveals that all four regions of India have experienced phases of peak population growth, though at different times.
The Golden Land Ablaze
Bertil Lintner
Westland Books
Pp 280, Rs 2,850
Decades of conflict have turned Myanmar, once called the ‘Golden Land’, into a social and economic wreck. The book takes a look at Myanmar’s supposed transition to democracy (which actually led to the transformation of Myanmar as a society), the arrest of Aung Sang Suu Kyi and the subsequent rule of the State Administration Council, the Rohingya crisis and everything else that has happened since then.
Another Day in Landour
Ruskin Bond
HarperCollins
Pp 220, Rs 399
In the pages of his newest book, Ruskin Bond, one of India’s most loved authors, looks out of the window of his room in Landour on the world outside, and shares with us the thoughts that cross his mind, in his inimitable prose. Another Day in Landour is full of witty, warm, memorable observations on food, flowers, the moun-tains, the changing seasons, humans who come to visit, his family, and Mimi the cat—all captured in his daily journal.
