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Chhaunk
Abhijit Banerjee
Juggernaut
Pg 352, Rs 899

ChhaunkOil enriched with spices is the heart of Indian cuisine. It’s only a few teaspoons, but it rounds off a dish and gives it its special flavor. The pieces in this book can be viewed as a literary chapter – a collection of ideas and arguments surrounding the social sciences that give it a unique flavor. Part memoir, part cookbook, Chhaunk playfully uses food to talk about business, society and India.

The $10 trillion dream has been shattered
Subhash Chandra Garg
Penguin Random House
Pg 424, Rs 999

This book presents a critical analysis of the performance of the Indian economy under the Modi government from 2019 to 2024. It examines the government’s policies and identifies the reasons why India cannot become a $10 trillion economy by 2035. The $10 trillion dream has been shattered is an undeniable work that should encourage policymakers to rethink their approach to managing the Indian economy.

The New Tao by Warren Buffett
Mary Buffett and David Clark
Simon & Schuster
Pg 256, Rs 499

Warren Buffett’s investment successes are unparalleled. He owes his success to hard work, integrity and that most elusive asset of all: common sense. In this book, Mary Buffett joins David Clark to bring readers more of Warren Buffett’s wisest, funniest, and most memorable sayings, revealing the life philosophy and investment strategies that made Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders so rich.

The Green Book
Amitava Kumar
HarperCollins
Pg 254, Rs 799

In this book, Amitava Kumar shows us that great literature often begins with notes in authors’ notebooks. His examples range from Virginia Woolf and John Berger to Mohandas Gandhi and Shiva Naipaul. In Kumar’s own notebooks we find written reports and drawings from travels across continents. In each case, we discover what comes from noticing. There are many ways to see – but seeing is actually being.

Online Gaming in India
Edited by Lovely Dasgupta & Shameek Sen
Chapman & Hall
Pg 304, Rs 980

The book provides a comprehensive overview from various perspectives of online gaming technology, policy and experimentation to understand and review the Indian approach. It begins with the technological perspective on governance and regulation and includes the Indian experiment in its regulation. It offers a nuanced approach that draws on the perspectives of various stakeholders, gamers, developers, gamers, regulators, law enforcement, industry and most importantly, consumers.