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April 13, 2006
to April 19, 2006
Birds
Of The Subcontinent
This profusely illustrated field guide is a celebration of
birds
Announcement
Authors and publishers are welcome to send copies of their
books to The Hindu for review. While
every effort will be...
Life
Of Service
"Live a hero" was the stirring motto constantly
on the lips of Swami Ranganathananda,
the 13th international president of
the Ramakrishna Math and the
Ramakrishna Mission, who entered
Mahasamadhi recently. He himself lived
heroically in . . .
The
Kota Way Of Life
An ethnographic study of the musical life of Kotas
focussing on the interdependencies
that link music and ritual
India
Of The Future
This Inspirational book, based on the salient features of
India 2020: A Vision for the New
Millennium, details a plan to shape
the India of the future.
Social
Novel
Vyasaraya Ballala; Navakarnataka
Publications (P) Ltd., 11, Embassy
Centre, Crescent Road,
Bangalore-560001. Rs. 175.
Short
Stories
Novellas: Madhavikkutty; DC Books, DC Kizhekemuri Edam,
Good Shepherd Street, Kottayam-686001.
Rs. 90.
India
And The Wto
Comprehensive volume on issues that affect trade from an
Indian viewpoint
The
Beleaguered Big Cat
An authoritative book about a powerful predator that is
today threatened by plain human greed
Breaking
Free From The Golden Cage
The tale of a young girl coping with life in a traditional
milieu is engrossing as well as
brutal.
The
Tragedy Of Want In India
Poverty has always dogged India’s heels, although the
situation has improved over
time.
Push
And Pull Of The Mba Bull Run
The book offers a peep into the frenetic environment of
Wharton business school and the lives
of its highly ambitious
students.
Bringing
Up Mom And Baby
The book takes an objective look at the day-to-day business
of bringing up a baby.
Not
A Fair Portrayal
An analysis of 200 advertisements shows that sexism and
gender stereotyping are still
prevalent in the advertising
industry.
Deceit
And Policy
These volumes shed light on the way governments deceive not
only adversaries but their own
people.
Sad
And Alert Lines
His life and times (CIMA, price not mentioned) reproduces
the artist’s recent works on paper,
with dry pastels, pen and ink,
together with some earlier
paintings.
Suite
Extraordinaire
The author of this book and how it came to be published can
be the theme of a novel. Irène Némirovsky
was born in Kiev in 1903.
Taking
Another Swipe At The Left
When a person purchases a book priced at no less than Rs
500, he expects it to broaden his mind
and enrich his analytical
faculty.
Get
The Real Picture
On 1 October 1949, a fifty-six-year-old fat, balding
peasant named Mao Zedong proclaimed
the foundation of the People’s
Republic of China from a building in
the forbidden city. Mao not only
became the ruler of the world’s most
populous . . .
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