Patents And Public Health Concerns
Approaches the debate on patents from a public health perspective
Goenka's Journalistic Project
B.G. Verghese's portrait of India's most famous newspaper baron is sympathetic but it is far from uncritically reverential
Commentaries On Desika's Hymn
Vedanta Desika's hymn on Hayagriva with exhaustive commentaries in Sanskrit and Manipravala with explanation in English
Rajaji's Enduring Legacy
Collection of Rajaji's weekly writings on politics and governance in Swarajya
A Milestone In Bharatiana: Uncollected Writings
An important source for understanding Bharati and for writing the history of early nationalism in Tamil Nadu
Literary Classic
VAANPUKAZH KONDA
VALLUVAM: M. Karunanidhi; Thirumagal
Nilayam, New No 16, Venkatanarayana Road, T.
Nagar, Chennai-600017. Rs. 250.
Novel In Translation
ZAHIR — Novel by Paulo
Coelho: M. P. Sadasivan — Tr. in Malayalam; DC Books, DC Kizhakemuri Edam, Good Shepherd Street, Kottayam-686001.
Rs. 140.
Kuvempu's Epic
SRI RAMAYANA DARSHANAM — Vol. I:
Kuvempu; C.G. Purushothama — Tr in Sanskrit, Lakshmi
Prakashana, 273, 3rd `A' Main, 8th Block,
Koramangala, Bangalore-560095. Rs. 250.
Ruth Padel Book Launch At Odyssey
Ruth
Padel, the great great granddaughter of Charles Darwin, will be visiting the city on Monday, November 14, for the launch of `Tigers in Red Weather', a travel novel.
Philosophy From The Back Of A Bike
The juxtaposition of the real world with the philosophical one, the world of particulars and the world of thoughts and ideas made this book unique.
Triumph Of The Mediocre
Mediocre but arrogant’ by Abhijit
Bhaduri, follows the 84 batch of MIJ (Management Institute of
Jamshedpur, a very thinly disguised
XLRI) through 2 years of MBA – one covers QT, Marketing, crowd dynamics, and of course pairing, ambition, friendship… etc,
Queen Of Suspense
In the 1960s, as a precocious twelve-year-old, I picked two books of Agatha Christie from library shelves (Murder in the mews and perhaps another which also had ‘murder’ in the title) but the kindly librarian said, “You shouldn’t be reading this”.
Smacking The Lid Off The Pan
The author welcomes controversy and at the same time admits to imperfections and incompletions in his manner of dealing with them.
Women Of Substance
This is a book that ought to be read to understand how women have got much of what they take for granted.