Running behind Lakshmi
Adil Rustomjee
Hachette
Pp 880, Rs 1,599
For millions of people, the stock market is the canvas on which are sketched fantasies of riches, of lives transformed. Yet, the history and methods of one of India’s most transformative forces remain underexplored till now. Starting from the early 19th century to the decades of marking time during the Nehruvian Era, to 1991’s great unshackling that made the market accessible to the public, Running behind Lakshmi brings India’s stock market into focus.
107 Days
Kamala Harris
Simon & Schuster
Pp 320, Rs 899
107 Days is a memoir by Kamala D Harris—who served as the 49th vice president of the United States—about her campaign for the presidency in 2024. With surprising and revealing insights, Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history. Written with the pace of a page-turning novel, she takes readers inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before.
Economica
Victoria Bateman
Hachette
Pp 432, Rs 899
How many female entrepreneurs, merchants and industrialists can you name? Economica places women at the centre of the story of economic growth. Starting in the Stone Age and continuing to the present day, it takes the reader through the key economic milestones of the past 12 millennia—from the birth of farming to the advent of computing—all told through the experiences of women as well as men.
Sheher Mein Gaon
Ekta Chauhan
Penguin Random House
Pp 224, Rs 399
Delhi’s urban villages are paradoxical spaces—at once ancient and evolving, marginalised yet central to the city’s modern economy. Born out of state-led land acquisitions from the early 20th century, these villages were thrust into transformation through urban expansion. This book journeys into those spaces—exploring how people remember, resist, and reimagine their place in a city that’s always on the move.
The Hachette Book of Indian Crime Fiction
Tarun K Saint
Hachette
Pp 304, Rs 699
After a lifetime of being overshadowed, a librarian seeks revenge on his twin brother. In a chaotic wedding procession, no one notices that the groom has been shot—not even when he slumps face forward on his horse. In a lodge in the Himalayas, a journalist attending a workshop for budding crime-fiction writers is accused of murder… The Hachette Book of Indian Crime Fiction offers suspense in the unlikeliest of places, twisted plots at each turn of the page and criminals hiding in plain sight.
