Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. A mix of fiction and non fiction, Elena Ferrante’s novel My Brilliant Friend, the story of two friends set in 1960s Naples, topped the list, with Isabel Wilkerson, Hilary Mantel, Robert Bolano, Colson Whitehead, Kazuo Ishiguro and Marilynne Robinson also in the top 10. In reviews, we read director and …
In 2011, Nobel Prize-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, who are married to each other, published Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. Duflo has now made the work accessible to younger readers through the picture book Poor Economics for Kids, co-authored with the illustrator Cheyenne Olivier. Esther Duflo: I had always wanted to …
Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday said that the state government will make all-out efforts to reverse the economic slowdown trend that the state has seen in recent years. Banwarilal Purohit further explained that based on the recommendations of this council, the government will revitalise the state's economy and ensure that the benefits of economic growth reach all segments …
