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Bookstrapping: The Paradox of surging authors and dwindling readers

"Books in other languages, particularly those from culturally rich regions like Latin America and Europe, are gaining traction now through translation and increased international exposure. Every author is contributing to building a reading culture, even if it is to promote their own book," stated Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Unsplash)

In this week’s bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights that while the ease of publishing has led to a proliferation of books, the attention economy remains fiercely competitive.

Bookstrapping: Trillions by Robin Wigglesworth

In Trillions, Robin Wigglesworth explains why the indexing revolution has saved investors, billions of dollars in fees and has shaken up the investment industry. It has also created a more democratized landscape - allowing small investors access to diversified portfolios previously available to institutional investors only, reviews Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Amazon)

Robin Wigglesworth’s book traces the development of the idea that hedge funds and investors can never do better than an index fund in the long run., highlights Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta in her review.

Why AI may never match the human brain!

"Learning was not the core function of the first ever brain that appeared roughly 600 mn years ago in a multicellular body. The brain was meant to help the body steer towards good and away from bad. This established the basis of movement and associative learning," writes Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Amazon)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down bookstrapping insights on ‘A brief history of intelligence’ by Max Bennet.

Bookstrapping: Damsels, distress and literary prowess

Women's voices in literature have not only created new categories, but also maintained a balanced narrative of the world we live in. (Image Source: Amazon)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down books highlighting women’s voices in contemporary literature.

Have Indian writers overlooked the country’s military past?

The festival will also see former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant’s book, How India Scaled Mount G20, Air Vice Marshall Arjun Subramaniam’s Shooting Straight, Lt Gen Y.K. Joshi’s Who Dares Wins (a Vir Chakra awardee for his role in the Kargil War), and K.V. Ramesh’s Lights, Camera, War, being launched. (Image Source: Future Army Officers Academy)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta touches upon the Max City VoW LitFest being organized at the historic National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, and how it is the first to provide a platform to discuss upon geopolitics, military and social sciences.

CM Rekha Gupta may inspire books on student politics, women CMs

Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights that a handful of chief ministers have a lone literary signature. To note, Sushma Swaraj has a book ‘The People’s Minister’ written by Sushmita Datta and Gujarat’s Anandiben Patel has a book ‘Dare, Dream, Do: The Extraordinary Life Of Anandiben Patel’ co-authored with Anurag Garg. (Image Source: News18)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down books on student politics and biographies on the women chief ministers of India.

Bookstrapping: Of Sita, Rama, Dharma and Love

What if ‘Dharma’, was not just duty, but an alignment with the higher forces of love, that make the preservation of our world possible? Author Dena Merriam talks about this, in her book 'The Untold Story of Sita: An Empowering Tale for our Time'. (Image Source: Amazon)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down five books which touch upon the unique love stories alive within the Ramayana and the bond that Rama and Sita shared.

Bookstrapping – Enlightenment: In conversation with Sadhguru

"If you want to know what this life is about, you have to look inward, because the life that you are, is a book written by the Creator. I want you to learn the language of reading this book, so that you don't have to depend on anyone else's words, whether it is someone from the ancient past or myself here now," stated Sadhguru

Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights how Sadhguru explains that ‘enlightenment’ is not a quest, but a homecoming. Its the process of coming back to one’s original nature.

Bookstrapping: ‘The Art of Her Deal’ by Mary Jordan

Melania’s biggest advertising campaigns followed, including the British GQ feature in the year 2000. While Mary Jordan speaks openly about Donald Trump promoting Melania, she must be given credit for not taking anything away from Melania’s professionalism, as she worked her way through these opportunities, adds Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta in her review. (Image Source: Amazon)

Melania Trump’s journey from Slovenia (as Melanija Knavs) to the United States happened via Milan, Paris, Vienna and Germany. The first lady is projected as a modestly successful ‘commercial’ model, who operated in a very competitive environment, highlights Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta in her review.

Bookstrapping: Five books to know India better

The masterful Shashi Tharoor describes the many humiliations and hurdles that Ambedkar had to overcome in a society that stigmatized the community he was born into and what he made of himself in the process in 'AMBEDKAR: A LIFE BY DR SHASHI THAROOR', states Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Unsplash)

Ahead of the Republic Day weekend, our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down five books to read to know India better.