The Elements of Power
Nicolas Niarchos
HarperCollins
Pp 480, Rs 699
The Elements of Power is an urgent and deeply reported investigation into the global race for battery metals and the devastating human and environmental cost hidden behind the green-energy revolution. From the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the supply chains shaping geopolitical power, Niarchos reveals how the world’s demand for lithium, cobalt, and other critical minerals is reshaping communities, economies, and the planet.
100 Ways to See India
Rohit Saran
HarperCollins
Pp 212, Rs 999
Every Indian can fit in Kerala if we all lived as densely as the people in northeast Delhi do; almost nobody is unemployed in India after the age of 29… These and other facts, and the questions they raise about how we live, work, and govern, are presented as accessible visuals in this book. 100 Ways to See India offers a portrait of India more than seven decades after Independence: where we stand, and where the trends suggest we may be headed.
The Other Side of Change
Maya Shankar
Penguin Random House
Pp 320, Rs 999
After an incident in her own life left her reeling, pioneering cognitive scientist Maya Shankar spent decades researching the mind. Her powerful book, The Other Side of Change, now invites us to rethink our relationship with change altogether. Sharing the riveting stories of others who have also gone through remarkable disruption, Shankar unpicks scientific insights to illuminate the universal lessons hidden within them.
Love, Sex And India
Edited by Paromita Vohra
Context
Pp 256, Rs 399
The book is a collection of real stories by Indians sharing their experience about sex, love and desire, bringing forth a raw and unflinching perspective that is both funny and earnest. From cheeky reports of first dates, situationships, hook-ups; tales of longing, of heartbreak, of tender friendships; grim accounts of sexual exploitation and assault; and more, the book celebrates the messy magical business of love and lust—made in India.
Departure(s)
Julian Barnes
Penguin Random House
Pp 176, Rs 999
Departure(s) is the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own mortality. It is also the story of how the body fails us, whether through age, illness, accident or intent. And it is the story of how experiences fade into anecdotes, and then into memory.
