Catagory: Non Fiction

It is said of India that it is the country of the future-and will remain so

In The Turn of the Tortoise, distinguished journalist T.N. Ninan addresses a range of contemporary questions as only he can-looking at why the economy lost steam, the emerging trends in politics, the Chinese shadow over India, and the relationship between the state and the citizen. He asks whether manufacturing can be made a success story, what the size of the neo-middle class is, who the aam aadmi really is, and if it is possible to put an end to extreme poverty now. And finally, the big question-has India’s turn finally come?

This wide-ranging book is an attempt to understand, through data and analysis, where India stands today, why it has emerged the way it has, and what the next ten years might bring. For anyone interested in India and its future, this is essential and enlightening reading.

Sleep is a complex phenomenon, and even though we spend one-third of our lives sleeping, there’s still very little that we know about it.
In this path-breaking book, Dr Manvir Bhatia, one of the country’s top sleep specialists, sheds light on the fascinating connection between sleep and the brain, beauty and weight, among other things.
From delving into common sleep problems and weird phenomena observed, like sexsomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea, to the specific tools needed to ensure good sleep, The Sleep Solution is the go-to book for all your sleep-related problems.

What good is a great-looking Ferrari that cannot race?

What good is a smartphone with low battery life?

What good are great-looking sports shoes that cannot last a marathon?

These are just good-looking objects with low or zero performance. The same goes for our body.

A diet plan may help you lose weight; a gym routine may help you with a great-looking physique-but that does not necessarily translate into a stronger, healthier you. In fact, you may not even need the gym; you can pick a sport you enjoy, even something as simple as running. Take charge of your health and achieve your fitness goals in a way that improves not just the way you look, but also your performance and quality of life-just like an athlete!

This book will help you eat, exercise, think, look and most importantly, perform like an athlete.

There is an athlete in all of us, and it is time to bring that athlete out.

India is sitting on a demographic dividend, expected to become the world’s youngest country by 2020 with 64 per cent of its population, roughly 800 million people, of working age. But our country cannot become a global powerhouse unless we resolve the contradictions and bridge the gaps that distort our society. The challenge before us is to enable every one of India’s 1.2 billion citizens to realize their aspirations. According to Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah, the only way to do this is by using technology
to radically reimagine government itself.

Rebooting India identifies a dozen initiatives where a series of citizen-friendly, high-tech public institutions can deliver low-cost solutions to India’s grand challenges. Based on their learnings from building Aadhaar, the world’s largest social identity programme, the initiatives that Nilekani and Shah propose could save the government a minimum
of Rs 100,000 crore annually, about 1 per cent of India’s GDP-enough to fund 200 Mangalyaan missions a year.

It doesn’t take 10,000 people or even a thousand, say Nilekani and Shah. All it would take is a small, focused team of highly skilled, enterprising individuals, and a supportive prime minister.