Looking to dive into a captivating read? Here’s a curated selection of books that promise to pique your interest and inspire your imagination.
HeadStart
Vivek Gambhir, Sunder Ramachandran
Penguin Random House
Pp 356, Rs 499
Are you ready to supercharge your career? Whether you’re fresh out of school or a few years into the grind, navigating the modern job landscape can be overwhelming. You’re ambitious, driven, and you want to make a mark—but how do you actually stand out and get ahead? HeadStart: Unlock the Secrets to Career Success is here to help. Co-authored by industry pros Vivek Gambhir and Sunder Ramachandran, this is your personal playbook for crushing it in today’s fast-paced world.
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
Penguin Random House
Pp 368, Rs 590
Drawing on the work of philosophers and political dissidents, conversations with contemporary thinkers and his own experiences, Timothy Snyder identifies the practices and attitudes—the habits of mind—that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish. On Freedom helps us see exactly what we’re fighting for. It is an intellectual journey and a tour de force of political philosophy.
The Urban Elite v Union of India
Rohin Bhatt
Penguin Random House
Pp 288, Rs 499
This is a first-of-its-kind book on queer rights not just of the courtroom, but of the author’s own life. They present the legal history of the fight for the decriminalisation of Section 377 as well as a story from the frontlines of litigating queer rights by a queer person that presents their own perspective of what it is like to be both personally and professionally involved in a case that had the potential to change the social fabric of this country forever.
Lal Chowk
Rohin Kumar
Speaking Tiger Books
Pp 272, Rs 399
Even as a section of the Indian population celebrated in August 2019, the people of the Kashmir Valley seemed to have been hit by a thunderbolt at the abrogation of Article 370. Based on his experience of reporting from Kashmir since 2017, Rohin Kumar deftly unpacks contentious issues like militarisation and human rights abuses in the Valley, offering rare insight into Kashmiri perspectives often missing in mainstream narratives.
FRANCIS ITTY CORA
TD Ramakrishnan
Translated by Priya K Nair
HarperCollins
Pp 312, Rs 399
When ex–US Marine Xavier Itty Cora realises that the secret to resolving his personal troubles lies in the story of his ancestor, the scandalous, cunning pepper merchant Francis Itty Cora, he becomes obsessed with unearthing the truth. Set in present-day Kerala, war-torn Iraq, ancient Alexandria and Renaissance Florence, TD Ramakrishnan’s Francis Itty Cora, a classic in Malayalam literature, is a provocative reimagining of history.