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Talking to Robots: A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot Futures By david ewing duncan Hachette India pp 303, Rs 599

How bots are making life easier for mankind

The fatal flaw in such speculation is the assumption that there is a defined Platonic best in everything.

8 Nov 2019 1:33 AM IST

The re-jacketed cover has a still from the film, The Sky is Pink, and a slew of endorsements from celebrities such as Danny Boyle, Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur, Shantanu Moitra, Virginia Holmes and others.

Balancing grief & gaiety, private & public, art & commerce

The Sky is Pink is an important film for many reasons a must-watch!

8 Nov 2019 1:29 AM IST

Kartik and Ravi Sharmas book DareDreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes, aims to inspire people to follow their dreams.

Turning dreams to reality

Kartik and Ravi Sharma's book DareDreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes, aims to inspire people to follow their dreams.

7 Nov 2019 1:03 AM IST

And, yet, business tycoon, media entrepreneur, and author, Sandeep Goyal, comes incredibly close.

Japan-ease way of business

The country may have been simplified, but it has never appeared so familiar.

7 Nov 2019 12:59 AM IST

The Microphone Men: How Orators Created a Modern India, by Priyadarshi Dutta Indus Source Books, Rs 799.

How orators pioneered women's rights, Indian freedom movement

Though Roy's early death prevented him from pursuing the medium, Dwarkanath revelled in it in several public meetings.

3 Nov 2019 2:13 AM IST

Karna: The Great Warrior, by Ranjit Desai, translated by Vikrant Pande HarperPerennial, Rs 499.

Karna's #MeToo moment cries out for a reckoning

Desai did devote a few words to Karna's state of mind when Draupadi was dragged into the court like a slave after all...

3 Nov 2019 2:09 AM IST

Good Economics for Hard Times, by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo Juggernaut, Rs 699.

Saving the world from the bottom upwards

All three apply the experimental method of randomised control trials (RCT) from the physical sciences to social science.

3 Nov 2019 2:04 AM IST

The Sikh Minority and the Partition of the Punjab 1920-1947 By Chhanda Chatterjee Manohar pp235, Rs 1,095

Did the Congress give Sikhs the short shrift?

The loyalist image of Sikhs, the author informs, first received a rude shock with the launching of the canal colony...

1 Nov 2019 8:09 AM IST

Stars have little bank balance while they lead glam lives

Two of my fellow juniors in the chambers, Katy Baam and Michael Saldana, went on to become High Court judges.

1 Nov 2019 7:45 AM IST

Heinrich Zimmer

India was Zimmer's muse, bedrock of his friendship with Jung

Jung's engagement with India culminated in a visit in 1938 where he saw the temples devoted to Kali.

1 Nov 2019 7:13 AM IST

Jagmeet Singhs Love and Courage

How Jagmeet Singh, Canadian MP, failed to love his father fully

Jagmeet Singh is the first Sikh with a turban to sit as a provincial legislator in Ontario.

27 Oct 2019 3:07 AM IST

Friends from College, by Devapriya Roy Westland, Rs 299.

Anxious Kolkata girl loves anew with family blessings

Before you think we're treading into Jane Austen's Persuasion where old flames meet after years, the answer is a firm no...

27 Oct 2019 3:02 AM IST