*Corridors of Uncertainty— World Cup 2007 and Beyond; Boria Majumdar (HarperCollins, 2007, pp 230, Rs 295) In this book Majumdar analyses the many events and aspects of the World Cup from the death of Bob Woolmer to the dwindling television revenues in India.

*Sugar in Milk— Lives of Eminent Parsis; Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy (Rupa and Co, 2008, pp 462, Rs 795) This is a collection of 12 in-depth profiles of some of the greatest Parsis that India has produced.

*Indira Gandhi— Selected Sayings; Foreword by Sonia Gandhi (Viking/Penguin, 2007, pp 98, Rs 195) This volume brought out on the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s 19 birth anniversary provides a fascinating introduction to her legacy.

*You Can’t Punch with a Thumb— Simple Ways to Effective Team Building; Mohinder Pal Singh (Wisdom Tree, 2008, pp 121) This simple book shares effective mantras on inculcating team spirit, creating great teams and retaining them.

*Militarising Sri Lanka— Popular Culture, Memory and Narrative in the Armed Conflict; Neloufer de Mel (Sage 2007, pp 322, Rs 475) This book is a valuable resource for social and political scientists and activists and all those wanting an insight into militarisation in the Sri Lankan context from the late 1980s to 2006.

*The Penguin Yearbook 2008; Compiled and edited by Derek O’Brien (Penguin, 2007, pp 816, Rs 150) This book contains the 60 Defining moments of independent India, 100 Indians who made modern India etc.