The Chip Age
Rakesh Kumar
Penguin Random House
Pp 312, Rs 599
Rakesh Kumar explores the world of microchips and explains how they are central to today’s world. The Chip Age is a history of chips and explains how they work, what exactly they do, how and where they are made, who makes them, and the shape of the chip economy. It also looks to the future, examining what new technologies and geopolitical games may lie ahead. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the forces that will shape the next era—and the hidden circuits powering it.
Freebies or Rights
Reetika Khera
Speaking Tiger Books
Pp 408, Rs 599
This book asks a simple but urgent question: when the state provides food, healthcare, education, pensions, or employment support, are these ‘freebies’ — or are they rights that make a dignified life possible? Reetika Khera examines how social policies actually shape everyday life. From anganwadis and school meals to the public distribution system, the book traces India’s evolving welfare architecture from ‘cradle to grave’.
Turning Red into Black
Robin Banerjee
Hachette
Pp 304, Rs 699
From Steve Jobs being ousted from Apple to Nvidia surviving on a month’s cash reserves, the greatest comebacks in business history share one thing: the belief that failure is never final. This is your guide to reversing a business slump and transforming crisis into opportunity. Drawing on real-world turnarounds across industries and continents, this book diagnoses what ails struggling businesses and prescribes the right remedies.
Peasants
Maryam Aslany
Bloomsbury
Pp 352, Rs 799
For centuries, peasants stood at the heart of human society: feeding empires, leading revolutions, building modern states. Industrial modernity forced them into the shadows, replaced in our imagination by machines and megafarms. But the elimination of the peasantry is a myth. Today, peasants make up roughly a quarter of humanity. They underpin the global economy, stabilise food systems and protect fragile ecosystems.
All Them Dogs
Djamel White
Hachette
Pp 240, Rs 699
Tony Ward comes home to West Dublin after five years on the run, hoping to slot back into the gang he left behind. Instead he gets pulled into a dangerous, tender entanglement with Darren ‘Flute’ Walsh, an enforcer for the city’s most feared crime boss. By turns savage, thrilling and unexpectedly tender, All Them Dogs is a gripping story of violence, lust, and greed that explores one man’s struggles to find his place in an unsparing world.