Biz book of the year: Sonu Bhasin’s book Entrepreneurs Who Built India— Lala Shri Ram: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow has won the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2024. The award honours authors and their works that celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship and business leadership in India. Speaking at the award ceremony, Gopal Jain, co-founder and managing partner of Gaja Capital, said, “We dedicate this year’s edition of the business book prize to the memory of Ratan Tata.”
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This Too Is India
Githa Hariharan
Context
Pp 366, Rs 599
What is the truth about our society, culture, politics, and how do we hope to shape it in the future? We listen in to some of the finest minds of our time, including Bama, Nayantara Sahgal, Romila Thapar, Shanta Gokhale, Volga, TM Krishna, Sanjana Kapoor, as they speak frankly about subjects ranging from caste and contested texts to the silences that surround dissent, skilfully anchored by Githa Hariharan.
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The Health and Wealth Paradox
Ankush Datar & Mihir Patki
HarperCollins
Pp 256, Rs 399
Based on decades of their combined experiences in overcoming lifestyle diseases, creating sustainable patterns of healthy eating and workouts, and building a robust investment process for wealth creation, Ankush Datar and Mihir Patki bust popular myths, provide an actionable toolkit and bring sanity back to the lives of many who have given up on the idea of having health and wealth together.
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Indian Genius
Meenakshi Ahamed
HarperCollins
Pp 360, Rs 899
It is virtually impossible to turn on CNN, read the Wall Street Journal, go to a hospital, attend a university, or browse a bookstore without encountering a sea of Indian names and faces. In her new book, author and journalist Meenakshi Ahamed provides fascinating portraits of the Indian Americans at the forefront of the wave of Indian success stories.
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Genesis
Henry A Kissinger, Craig Mundie & Eric Schmidt
Hachette
Pp 320, Rs 699
AI is advancing at an alarming rate. Our responses to them could transform the nature of truth and our relationship to reality. Three pioneering thinkers offer a guide to our future amid this rapid acceleration of AI.
