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From
July 03 , 2006
to August 09, 2006
In
The Presence Of Greatness
There
are, Alberto Manguel writes in this
little gem of a book, writers “who
attempt to put the
world
in a book.
A
River Runs Through It
Geography
is the mother of history, more so in
the case of military history. Certain
regions, owing
to
their strategic location, become sites
for contest.
Speaking
In A Forked Tongue
As
people create language, so the
language of a particular community
constitutes its identity.
Quiet
Fortitude
There
has been a resurgence of interest in
the role of women in World War II. One
area where
women
did contribute in significant numbers
. . .
Nehru's Legacy In Foreign Affairs
The volume contains material that
throws light on the culture of
prevarication that has marked the
handling of foreign
affairs.
A
Garrison State
This
history of the Pentagon traces the
story of how the United States became
besotted with
military
power.
History
From Below
In
this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to
give voices of struggle the place they
deserve in history.
Unmasking Corporate Greed
A well-researched book based on
sound archival material, it argues
that Enron was a product of
scheming minds.
Rushdie
Vs Greer, Standing Room Only
It
began as a territorial dispute between
a low-budget film production company
and a group of
Bengali
traders determined, they said, to
protect the reputation of the
community living in Britain’s
best-known
Asian street.
Too
Much Detail!
The
author writes in colloquial
‘gangster rap’ which takes the
focus away from the story and
leaves
the reader word weary.
A
Lesser Known Mahatma Gandhi
The
book demythologises Gandhi and records
the gradual emergence of his ideology
as he came in
contact
with great thinkers of the day.
A
Daughter’S View
Shooting
Water; Devyani Saltzman, Penguin
Books, 2006, pp 256, Rs 295.
Crafted
With Soul
This
novel breaks new ground even though it
stays within the confines of a film
script.
Cliches
At 22
Terrorist,
John Updike’s new novel, is set in a
declining factory town in New Jersey
ironically
named
New Prospect.
Potpourri Of Thoughts
The Blindness of Insight is an
elegantly argued book. It offers a
provocative thesis: that communal
violence, especially in northern
India, represents a unique resolution
of the caste question.
A
Congress Mole In The Bjp?
Jaswant
Singh seems to have had the better of
the call of BJP culture but gaps
remain in his
tell-all
A
Bit Of Galbraith And A Vision In 4-D
The
PM's press advisor advocates a
marriage between economic and foreign
policy, but is anyone
listening?
Dalit
Autobiography
What
does one say of a 25-year-old who
attempts an autobiography? That he has
not lived long
enough
to write the story of his life? The
argument does not hold good in the
case of Sharankumar
Limbale,
the Marathi writer.
Intelligent
Living
Discovering
Love, Successful Living: Rs. 225. The
above books are authored by Swami
Dayananda
Saraswati
and published by Arsha Vidya Centre,
32/4, `Srinidhi' Apartments, III
Floor, Sir Desika
Road,
Mylapore, Chennai-600004.
Inspiring
Lives Of Preceptors And Saints
The
first book covers the lives and times
of four Acharyas of the Sringeri
Sharada Peetham
namely,
Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha
Bharati (33rd), Chandrasekhara Bharati
(34th),
Abhinav
Vidyathirtha (35th) and the present
head Bharati Thirtha by . . .
Themes
In Art And Mysticism
This
volume is a tribute to Bettina Baumer,
a renowned Indologist, one of the
foremost expounders
of
Kashmir Saivism and a well-known
figure in the field of inter-religious
dialogue.
Privatisation
Of Water
Appraisal
of the rationale and performance of
privatisation of water supply for
domestic
consumption
Down
Memory Lane
Here
IS a woman nonpareil going down memory
lane. The day is not far off when an
interlocutor
will
be summoned to highlight her
achievements.
Abridged
Mahabharata
This
book is an abridged version of the
first five Parvas of the Mahabharata
in 417 tersely woven
verses.
The
Indian Outsourcing Saga
Highlights
the achievements of pioneers who put
India on the world map of BPO
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