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What the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize winner says on women’s aspirations, role in workforce and pay gap

October 15, 2023 1:33 pm

While Claudia Goldin's 2021 book focuses on American women, in an increasingly globalised world many of her observations resonate elsewhere — such as “the problem with no name”. Here's a brief look at her arguments.

Explained Books | An exploration into some Indian ideas of freedom

August 20, 2023 11:15 am

Dennis Dalton’s ‘Indian Ideas of Freedom’ is an extended edition of his 1982 book which deals with how some of India’s greatest modern thinkers conceptualised the idea of freedom.

Explained Books | A window into the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer

July 21, 2023 4:51 pm

As Oppenheimer opens in theatres, a look at the masterpiece on which Nolan based his film.

Lab Hopping: A Journey to Find India’s Women in Science by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj; Penguin Viking; 302 pages; Rs 499

India’s women in science, and their struggle

May 21, 2023 1:23 pm

Recent data from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) showed women made up 28% of participants in 2018-19 in extramural Research and Development (R&D) projects, up from 13% in 2000-01.

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Hunting cats that became the hunted: Life & death of the cheetah in India

May 07, 2023 12:22 pm

With the cheetah project taking off in India, the author decided to bring the story to date. The Story of India’s Cheetahs is a revised edition of out-of-print The End of a Trail, with reworked and new text.

The Shortest History of China By Linda Jaivin; Picador India; 288 pages; Rs 375

China, in short: handy primer for an informed perspective on then & now

April 22, 2023 12:54 am

Linda Jaivin’s The Shortest History of China is an ambitious attempt to cover thousands of years of Chinese history and politics — from the mythic origins of the Han people through several dynasties, empires, and invasions to communism and finally, Xi’s China — in just about 250 pages.