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Nomura lowers 2012 growth estimate to 5.5%

Nomura lowers 2012 growth estimate to 5.5%

4 July 2012 12:08 AM GMT
Attributing economic slowdown in India to monetary and fiscal policy, global financial service provider Nomura has lowered the country’s GDP growth...
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S&P’s negative outlook may impact investors

S&P’s negative outlook may impact investors

19 May 2012 5:53 AM GMT
The government on Friday said S&P’s negative rating outlook on India’s deficit, debt burden and economic health may have ‘perceptional impact’ on...
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Wakeup call
"Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response" | Wakeup call

Author: J.V.R. Prasada Rao

Publisher: Notion Press

Price: 600

The book ‘Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response’ traces the...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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Crisis on multiple fronts
"Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis" | Crisis on multiple fronts

Author: Arun Kumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 499

By mid-March, the government realized that a lockdown had become inevitable to control the spread of...

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A Culinary Smorgasbord
"Vegetarian Cuisine from the Himalayan Foothills" | A Culinary Smorgasbord

Author: Veena Sharma

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 750

It is not for nothing that the Garhwal region of the Himalayas is referred to as deva bhumi, the...

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Of universal appeal
"Suralakshmi Villa" | Of universal appeal

Author: Aruna Chakravarti

Publisher: Picador India

Price: 650

From the author of Jorasanko and Daughters of Jorasanko, comes another novel Suralakshmi Villa. This...

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Into the horizon
"The Kargil Girl: An autobiography" | Into the horizon

Author: Flt Lt Gunjan Saxena (retd) and Kiran Nirvan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 299

More than a week of tragic losses, confirmed gains and increasing tensions later, I was still flying...

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Indo-China relations Soft Power conundrum
"One Mountain Two Tigers: India, China and the High Himalayas" | Indo-China relations Soft Power conundrum

Author: Shakti Sinha

Publisher: Pentagon Press LLP

Price: 795

Soft Power has moved from being an academic concept to a political buzzword, particularly in the...

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Curtailing autonomy & eliminating personhood
"Fearless Freedom" | Curtailing autonomy & eliminating personhood

Author: Kavita Krishnan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 299

To call Kavita Krishnan’s Fearless Freedom radical would be regressive given her brutal account of...

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Hinduism’s plurality
"The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism" | Hinduism’s plurality

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Aleph

Price: 799

“I am neither a Sanskritist nor a scholar of Hinduism and did not set out to write a scholarly...

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Journalism’s Future
"The Panama Papers" | Journalism’s Future

Author: Ritu Sarin, Jay Mazoomdaar , P. Vaidyanathan Iyer

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

‘‘...The next revolution will be digitized. Or perhaps it has already begun.” This is how John Doe...

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Balconies Of leadership
"Doodles on Leadership" | Balconies Of leadership

Author: R. Gopalakrishanan

Publisher: Rupa

Price: 500

The book, Doodles on Leadership is filled with rich reflections on various themes revolving around...

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Routine cop drama

"Spenser Confidential" | Routine cop drama

Director: Peter Berg

Star Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

There are films that sink under the urge to be too ‘cool' with narrative structure, and Spenser...

It floats with hope

"Big Little Lies, Season 2" | It floats with hope

Director: Jean-Marc Vallee and Andrea Arnold

Star Cast: Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley

Unless you think of ‘The Godfather Part 2’, very few sequels are given an unconditional thumbs-up ....

Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

"The Wife" | Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

Director: Bjorn Runge

Star Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Alix Wilton Regan, Elizabeth McGovern

Swedish director Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, written by Jane Anderson from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the...

Familiar but taut thriller

"Escape Room" | Familiar but taut thriller

Director: Adam Robitel

Star Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Tyler Labine, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Jay Ellis

Adam Robitel’s Escape Room is a taut thriller that surely keeps you enthralled. It is an escape room...

Performances outshine the narrative

"Zero" | Performances outshine the narrative

Director: Anand L Rai

Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub, Abhay Deol, Sheeba Chaddha, Bijendra Kala

Here is the sad and frustrating irony of Zero: Told in the safest (read predictable), most...

Jack and Dil: Goes down the hill

"“Jack and Dil”" | Jack and Dil: Goes down the hill

Director: Sachin P Karande

Star Cast: Amit Sadh, Sonal Chauhan, Arbaaz Khan, Evelyn Sharma

For serious lovers of cinema in India, “romantic comedy”, have become muted words in the last few...

Go for Gold

"“Gold”" | Go for Gold

Director: Reema Kagti

Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh

There is something to be said about motivational sports films. They make you stand and cheer even...

Action-packed but lacks thrills

"“Race 3”" | Action-packed but lacks thrills

Director: Remo D’Souza

Star Cast: Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem, Daisy Shah, Freddy Daruwalla

Race 3, as the name suggests, is the third edition of the franchise, but has no narrative connection...

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