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Books to look out for this week

Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace Parmesh Shahani Westland, Rs 559 Parmesh Shahani, tin this book, makes a cogent case for LGBTQ inclusion and lay down a guide to reshaping office culture in India. He talks to inclusion champions and business leaders about how they worked towards change; traces the benefits reaped by industry […]

Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace

Parmesh Shahani

Westland, Rs 559

Parmesh Shahani, tin this book, makes a cogent case for LGBTQ inclusion and lay down a guide to reshaping office culture in India. He talks to inclusion champions and business leaders about how they worked towards change; traces the benefits reaped by industry giants who have tapped into the power of diversity and shares the stories of employees whose lives were revolutionised by LGBTQfriendly workspaces.

 Breaking Through: A Memoir

Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Rupa Publications, Rs 395

This is the life story of Isher Judge Ahluwalia, one of the leading Indian policy economists of her generation. Born into a family with eleven children and limited means, where she was one of the first to attend university, she takes us through her journey to Presidency College, Delhi School of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Narrated with candor and from the heart, it tells us about a woman balancing career and family.

Blue Ocean Shift

Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth

Pan Macmillan UK, Rs 750

This book is the follow up to the global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy. Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show you how to move beyond competing, inspire your people’s confidence and seize new growth, guiding you through how to take your organisation from a red ocean crowded with competition to a blue ocean of uncontested market space.

 Manmatha Nath Dutt: Translator Extraordinaire

Bibek Debroy

 Rupa Publications, Rs 395

Who is Manmatha Nath Dutt? It started haunting the author when he finds this name imprinted on the translations of almost all ancient texts that he too wants to translate from Sanskrit into English. Gathering material and sifting through clues, following various leads and discarding some, Debroy unveils a picture of the prolific translator and 19th century Calcutta.

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