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Way to grow: A look at trickle-down effect
Reviewed by Khushwant S. Gill
India
Emerging: The Reality Checks
by Veena Jha
Academic Foundation. Pages 374. Rs 399
Trickle down, or trickle up? That is the question. Is it better for a nation to focus on rapid economic growth and allow the benefits of this growth to “trickle down” to the disadvantaged? Or is it more pragmatic to concentrate first on elevating socio-economic indicators like health, education, gender equality and access to equal opportunity, to enable the resultant benefits of a more equitable society to “trickle up” to the economy at large?
Thriller takes potshots at Pakistan
Reviewed by Ashok Tuteja
Desert
Hunt
by KSR Menon
Folio
Publishers
Pages 241. Rs 399
desert Hunt, a new thriller written by an Indian expatriate journalist in Dubai, is a novel that Pakistan would love to hate. In a well-crafted narration in 241 pages, the author KSR
Menon, a news agency journalist who has lived in Dubai for 18 years, tells the story of
Al-Qaida trying to secure a suitcase nuclear bomb design from a discredited Pakistani intelligence agent. Despite the disclaimer given in the beginning of the novel, it is evident from the beginning that the author is taking pot shots at the Pakistani government, the ISI and also the Pakistani nuclear establishment.
Navigating Huxley’s ‘other shore’
Reviewed by Nirbhai Singh
Aldous Huxley: Acid Charms to the Other Shore
by Kulwant Singh
Chetna Parkashan. Pages 223. Rs 520
aldous Huxley called himself “an agnostic trying to become a Gnostic,” (page 9). He wanted to fulfil the dream of grandfather, T.H. Huxley, who made an effort to reconcile science and religion as a scientist. Religion transcends the limits of the ephemeral world. Science, on the other hand, can solve problems of the empirical world, but problems of life are beyond its comprehension.
Corporate ladder’s good, bad and ugly
Reviewed by
D S Cheema
The Corner Office
by Ashutosh Garg
Rupa.
Pages 196. Rs 195
IT is no longer enough to be competent, and hard–working to rise to the top. Any one who nurtures such an ambition must be able to show the expected results with the abilities listed here. What sets you apart from others is the relationship that you build over the years with people who matter. The book traces the story of five men and women who are ambitious and are ultimately consumed by the power and the greed to occupy ‘The Corner Office,’that is, the Chairman’s office. They race with each other and are sucked in by the ongoing executive warfare, even when they know clearly that the road to success they are looking for is neither straight nor predictable.
101 ways to remain young
Reviewed by Aditi Garg
101 Things to Do Before You are old and Boring
by Richard Horne and Helen Szirtes
Bloomsbury.
£6.99
what would it be to be 20-25 years older and look back? Would you think your life has enough anecdotes to brighten up dull winter days to recount to your grandchildren? A life fully lived is a life well lived; enrich it with a variety of experiences before it is too late. Phobias keep you from trying a variety of things. Richard Horne and Helen Szirtes have compiled and presented the 101 things that most of us would benefit from. 101 Things To Do Before You Are Old and Boring is Richard Horne's second book in the series 101 Things. An illustrator, designer and author, his work also includes Daniel H. Wilson's How to Survive A Robot Uprising. Helen Szirtes has co-authored this book.
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