Archive · 15 Aug 2026
New Bookshelf: Startup Pull, Liberalism, Kashmiri Lore and Mizo Politics
Five new books have arrived on bookstore shelves.
One book says businesses should stop pushing products onto people and should let customers pull the products instead.
Another book says liberal democracy is in trouble and needs to be remade.
A third book tells leaders that love helps people work better and makes companies grow.
A big book of Kashmiri writing collects poems, plays, songs, and stories from hundreds of years ago up to today.
The last book tells the story of Mizoram and its longest-serving chief minister, Lal Thanhawla.
These books cover business, politics, leadership, literature, and history.
They are published by Hachette, Penguin Random House, and Westland Books.
Prices range from Rs 599 to Rs 1,399.
Rob Snyder's 'The Power of Pull' argues that customer demand is all that matters for scaling a business.
Nobel prize-winning author Daron Acemoglu charts the rise and fall of liberal democracy in 'What Happened to Liberal Democracy?'.
Marcus Buckingham's 'Design Love In' presents love as a measurable driver of performance, engagement, and long-term business growth.
'The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature' by Onaiza Drabu spans from 14th-century verse to contemporary fiction, folk chants, and radio plays.
Sanjoy Hazarika's 'Lal Thanhawla' chronicles a century of Mizoram's political history through its longest-serving chief minister.
- Who
- Authors Rob Snyder, Daron Acemoglu, Marcus Buckingham, Onaiza Drabu, and Sanjoy Hazarika, along with subjects such as Lal Thanhawla and Kashmiri writers.
- What
- Release of five new books covering startup strategy, liberal democracy, leadership, Kashmiri literature, and Mizoram's political history.
- When
- Not specified in the articles.
- Where
- Publication location not specified, but the books center on Kashmir and Mizoram and list rupee prices.
- Why
- To introduce readers to new titles spanning business, politics, leadership, literature, and regional history.
- The Power of Pull
- Rob Snyder, Hachette, 288 pp, Rs 599 — customer demand is all that matters
- What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
- Daron Acemoglu, Hachette, 416 pp, Rs 799 — rise and fall of liberalism
- Design Love In
- Marcus Buckingham, Penguin Random House, 256 pp, Rs 1,399 — love as a measurable driver of performance
- The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature
- Onaiza Drabu, Penguin Random House, 448 pp, Rs 699 — anthology from the 14th century to today
- Lal Thanhawla
- Sanjoy Hazarika, Westland Books, 412 pp, Rs 799 — Mizoram's longest-serving CM
- Featured regions
- Kashmir and Mizoram