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Wealth of the nation

18 Nov 2013 3:15 AM IST
T T Rammohan is an academician of repute from IIM Ahmadabad. But unlike the rest of his creed, his writings are diverse and are meant for all kind of...

Up, close and pitch perfect

18 Nov 2013 3:13 AM IST
Following a lecture at the Harvard Business School late last year, where he enthralled students on the art of management, the defining mantra that Sir...

Please ma’m, wham bam?

11 Nov 2013 3:56 AM IST
Going by common human experience, a bright young man of humble beginnings is supposed to rise to success and alleviate his parent’s sufferings and...

By the bullet or by the book

11 Nov 2013 3:52 AM IST
In the 1950s, when Indian Army’s top brass appraised then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru about the Chinese build-up and incursions, concerted with...

Treading an unaccustomed earth

4 Nov 2013 3:28 AM IST
He makes it dark, makes it grim, makes it tough, but then, for the love of God, also tells us a joke. Uday Gupt in his first ever book Final Cut does...

Between devil and the deep sea

4 Nov 2013 3:25 AM IST
The current state of Pakistan is messy and full of existential contradictions. A nation ­– built on the false premise of a potential ‘identity...

Chronicling the roving Mahatma

28 Oct 2013 3:40 AM IST
The only time that Mahatma Gandhi is actively remembered by young Indians is perhaps a day before his birthday. One day before Gandhi Jayanti, hoards...

The spirit of Mumbai and other fairy tales

28 Oct 2013 3:36 AM IST
City Adrift: A short biography of Bombay is a myth buster. There are about as many myths surrounding the city as there are immigrants the Shiv Sena...

When Bengal went to China

21 Oct 2013 4:16 AM IST
Why Don’t we attack China?’ the CA asked the General, ‘It’s big. It’s close. It’s hard to miss.’When you read a book it is tough to enter an author’s...

Their name was Red

21 Oct 2013 4:15 AM IST
There’s an atmospheric quality in Jhumpa Lahiri’s writings. Yes, that we all know. She has mersmerised with Interpreter of Maladies, the freshness of...

Ageing gracefully

14 Oct 2013 12:20 AM IST
Not too long ago, self-help books began as a distinct genre, and today they are, no doubt, a roaring business for publishers. No wonder, bookstores...

Train to partition

14 Oct 2013 12:18 AM IST
Normally, we hear of Punjab and think about the partition that horribly divided it into East and West. The scare is permanent, as one of the world’s...
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