The late Prof K N Raj, one of India’s most influential economists in the 1950s and 1960s, once said that the cow was the only multipurpose animal in the world, beating even the horse. This was because a cow could produce milk, which is
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The principal merit of Sheela Reddy’s beautifully written and highly acclaimed book Mr and Mrs Jinnah, which is about their unlikely love affair and tragic marriage, resulting in Ruttie Jinnah’s suicide on her 29th birthday through an overdose of sleeping pills, is that she corrects the stereotype
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Why don’t Indian banks care a fig for their customers? Why does the government take bank depositors for granted when it
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In a welcome addition to business literature, Surge, a delightful debut by seasoned business journalist Sushila Ravindranath, provides a sneak peek into the industrial growth of Tamil Nadu in the last four decades. Taking
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Unlike the British who record every little detail of their lives with supporting documents, Indians used to leave almost everything
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Management training is usually designed as Indoor Management Development (IMD) — and is done through classrooms, seminars, conferences or case studies. Gurus including Peter Drucker have pioneered different aspects of management and written many books. About 40 years ago, Outdoor Management Development (OMD) evolved for training managers and
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This is the sort of book that some Tamil Brahmin might write one day about being a Brahmin in Tamil Nadu, about what it feels like
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About 41 years ago, on a flight from Bombay to Delhi, I found myself sitting next to a
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What is immediately striking about the biography Caught by the Police is the deep reverence of the children for their father. The book is co-authored by Ranjit Gupta, former Indian Ambassador, Harsh Gupta, I A S, former Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh, Meera Yog, HoD, English, Lucknow University, Madhukar Gupta I A S, former
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There are many reasons why you should read this book but two stand out: one, it makes you wish you had written it because it was a topic waiting to be written about; and two, it fills you with nostalgia without even remotely trying to do so. No one who reads
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It’s ok to fail, my son Rtn Vasant Kallola RC Thane Downtown, D 3140 vkallola@gmail.com Times Group Books Price: Rs 299 Sachin is torn apart by his parents’ separation and is an academic wreck. Rahul who is at
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