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From
September 28 , 2006
to October 11, 2006
A Close Look At A Legend
"Forever Jeh" carries interviews of
people associated with JRD Tata.
Print Pick
The first thing I did with Sacred
Games was cut it in two, so that I
could carry one half of its 900 - page
hardboundedness with me to read on the
ride to and from work, or lying in
bed, or leaning against a wall.
Doing The Write Thing
Kommuri Venugopala Rao was a sentinel
of sentimental fiction in Telugu. His
soft narration and vibrant themes made
him a popular novelist, recollects
senior journalist VEERAJI.
Work Is About Creativity
Creativity is about breaking patterns.
The book `Creativity@ Work' explains
how to do this. Going by the author's
profile (S. Ramachander is a product
of IIM, Ahmedabad and was former
director at the Institute for
Financial Management and Research . .
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Translation Is About Sensitivity
Is a translator like a transparent
window, tinted window or a mirror?
Lakshmi Holmstrom, acclaimed
U.K.-based translator, has the answer.
Past Perfect
Shikara Shinaganapracha Shambhu
Mahadeva, which traces Shivaji's
origins, is presented in an abridged
version in Kannada'.
Story Of A Failed State
The world had not taken much notice of
Bangladesh since the birth of the new
nation in 1971.
Search Behind The Screen
Tracking the figure of the woman
through the disregarded paths and
by-alleys of the East India Company’s
official records is a sleuthing
exercise that promises few rewards.
Tailored Truths
General Pervez Musharraf has not got
his autobiography ghost-written for
posterity. It is meant for a specific
contemporary audience in the United
States of America and in the West.
Tea Anytime
A coffee table book on the story of
tea in India.
Stories Of Grit And Gumption
The book highlights individuals, often
ignored in studies of the violence in
Assam.
Not In The Holmes League
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's detective
stories may seem tame, even naïve, to
those familiar with other such
stories.
Afterlife Of Sherlock Holmes
Both the books are playful and
ingenuous pastiches, recreating
familiar voices from the past.
Retelling Culture
The retold narratives here, through
Eraly's interventions, serve at once
revivalist and revisionist purposes.
Of Women's Lives
These stories show and hide at the
same time, clear and yet ambiguous.
Print Pick
The first thing I did with Sacred
Games was cut it in two, so that I
could carry one half of its 900 - page
hardboundedness with me to read on the
ride to and from work, or lying in
bed, or leaning against a wall.
Katha As Drama
Sharman's "Ramayana" goes to the heart
of the epic to recover great questions
of contemporary relevance.
The Bane Of Indian Society
Noted social historian Dilip M. Menon
endorses in his introduction a
pertinent question often raised by
many India watchers and also echoed by
Dalit activists: how is it that
caste-related violence . . .
Good, Not Great
Drizzle of yesteryears and other
stories; M K Ajay, Frog Books, 2006,
pp 113, Rs 195.
For The Sheer Love Of Art Alone
Two immensely readable books address a
range of art-related issues.
An Outsider’s View
This book is almost entirely based on
the musings of the protagonist,
24-year-old Partha Sarma who is the
quintessential ‘outsider’.
Exploring Language
There’s something in Hoskote’s poetry,
not only for many sensibilities, but
for many moods.
When The Enemy Lies West
Pankaj Mishra dredges up gigantic
civilisations locking horns with the
West in his ‘angry’ book.
An `Alternative History'
A fervent plea to freedom-loving
people to reject the logic of armed,
competitive capitalism.
Continuity In Change
If anything epitomises continuity in
change in the capital, it is the
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Literary Classic
Translation of the Kannada original
poem of K. V. Puttappa into Sanskrit
Verse by C. G. Purushottama. Pub.by
Lakshmi Prakashana, 273, 3rd `A' Main,
8th Block, Koramangala,
Bangalore-560095. Rs. 250.
Temples In And Around Chennai
Hnduism attaches great importance to
idol worship for practical observance,
especially Vaishnavism which,
systematically ratiocinates to the
effect that Archa (a material image,
an icon in stone, wood, or metal ,
commonly worshipped with great . . .
Culture And The Past
Presents aspects of ethnography
advocating their use in archaeology.
Announcement
Authors and publishers are welcome to
send copies of their books to The
Hindu for review.
Tragedy Of Women
Aconversation-gripped novel that seeks
to give a complete view of Islamic
existence in contemporary Tamil Nadu,
Irandaam Jaamangalin Kathai has
chipped a crevice to allow some fresh
breeze into a psychological cellar.
Lives In Search Of Lost Worlds
The Inheritance of Loss is written
with joy, compassion and a rare
candour.
What's Faith Got To Do With It?
A big book, but can't get the
incredulity. Is it really so strange
that India should prosper or succeed?
Opening A Dialogue
Shashi Deshpande's translation of her
father Shriranga's memoirs is an
important bridge across languages.
Offguard General
The President of Pakistan, General
Pervez Musharraf, has got into a
problem with his defenders and
detractors alike by ignoring, while
writing his book, In the Line of Fire,
an unwritten but essential convention
observed by smart authors.
The Business Of War
In
mid-May, 1999, the Indian Army
discovered that a large number of
infiltrators had seeped into India’s
side of the border from Pakistan.
Chronicles Of A Patriot
The world of covert intelligence is
John le Carré’s natural terrain. He
returns to it in his latest novel
through a different route and in a
different manner.
Tangerine Tales In Marmalade Prose
Julia Glass’s second novel is
strikingly similar to her first, Three
Junes. Both are set in the West
Village of New York (“a city of freely
eccentric people”) and tell remarkably
similar stories about parenthood,
sexuality and human relationships.
From Idea To Image On Paper
Closer to the master (The British
Museum Press, £25) by Hugo Chapman was
written to accompany a major
exhibition of the work of Il Divino as
draughtsman.
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