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Book Reviews
Think Twice
Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
Michael Mauboussin
Neither logic nor a dartboard will help you make the best decisions; you need a combination of the two.
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Profiting from Clean Energy
A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More
Richard W. Asplund
Find out how to capitalize on the biggest investment trend in years as the world moves toward sources of clean energy and away from fossil fuels.
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Book review | A lacklustre society tale
Veena Venugopal 09:45 PM | September 22,2009
Delhi farmhouses, cocaine, sex and parties--this novel has all the ingredients of a gripping potboiler. But it ends up as a drab montage of episodes
Symbolic insignificance
Samanth Subramanian 12:35 AM | September 19,2009
A sense of deja vu accompanies the new Robert Langdon adventure
Distorted world
Chandrahas Choudhury 10:23 PM | November 27,2009
The Skating Rink, by Roberto Bolano: a hallucinatory tale of sexual obsession and murder
Free verse | Mukul Kesavan
Free Verse | Mukul Kesavan 10:23 PM | November 27,2009
A poem by Mukul Kesavan
Trucks and Marxists
Chandrahas Choudhury 09:30 PM | November 26,2009
A new anthology, Written For Ever, edited by Rukun Advani, resuscitates the mood and method of an ambitious literary journal
Coffee table book | Bamboo cutlery and ‘ganjiffa’ cards
Harshada Karnik 10:15 PM | November 25,2009
A new book chronicles the rare, quirky and dying ethnic arts and customs of India
Alok Vajpeyi, Social Entrepreneur | Course correction therapy
Veena Venugopal 09:21 PM | November 20,2009
The terror attacks forced this former executive to pause and rethink his career choices
Erica Di Giovancarlo, Italian trade commissioner | Another year, another life
Priya Ramani 08:07 PM | November 20,2009
This diplomat was relieved when we entered 2009. Now she would rather not dwell on the past or plan for the future
Behind Tihar’s pink walls
Seema Chowdhry 09:19 AM | June 26,2009
A tour with two women who have documented the life of female inmates in India’s most famous prison
Personalized talking books draw crowds in Delhi book fair
02:55 PM | September 03,2008
In an attempt to wean away children from instant entertainment tools like video/ computer/ mobile games, publishers are coming up with novel ways of drawing the young reader
Talking Books| Glimpses of the hidden dragon
Taneesha Kulshrestha 04:51 AM | June 03,2008
Full of personal anecdotes and valuable insights, the book is part travelogue, part social, political and economic analysis and commentary on China
Talking Books | BPO at crossroads
Taneesha Kulshrestha 07:00 AM | June 02,2008
A panel discussion on how the Indian BPO industry is in need of serious re-branding to attract and retain talent. At the same time, it aims to dispel common myths and correct perceptions
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How to Smell a RatHow to Smell a Rat
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The Inspiring LeaderThe Inspiring Leader
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