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From March 29, 2007
to April 04, 2007
An Inheritance Of Loss
The first person I mention
International Children's Book Day
(April 2) to, predictably repeats the
usual line about children and reading:
"Children don't read anymore".
The Red Book Of Dhirubhai Ambani
A.G.Krishnamurthy's `Dhirubhaism'
offers alternative pragmatic lessons
on business from his association with
the industrialist.
A Great Diplomat
This biography does not overlook
French diplomat Charles-Maurice
Talleyrand's foibles, but it also
brings out his achievements.
`Other' Imperialism
An indictment of the Western Left,
which has abandoned Iranian liberals
in their fight for freedom and
democracy.
A Daring Attempt
The book attempts to interweave the
empirical problem of globalised
militarism with the economic theory of
Marxist tradition.
Democracy Makes All The Difference To
Economies
China's growth is faster than
India's but will this necessarily
translate into better development,
asks Guy Sorman in The Year of the
Rooster.
Married To Low Iq
Mental asylum and marriage. Two
institutions believed to be different.
To escape the inevitable fate of being
admitted into one, a growing number of
unsound minds are migrating to
another.
Shadows On The Net
It began as Cold War paranoia. The
Sputnik was spinning in the blue and
the Pentagon was worried about losing
the space race.
How The English Win Over The Muslims
On January 15, Mariam Butt woke up to
a brutal face of British Islam. A
Channel 4 undercover reporter had
caught some imams heaping many
honorifics on the Westerners.
What Is Marxist Science?
The Big Bang never happened. The
universe has existed forever. And
there is no history of time.
Married To Low
Mental asylum and marriage. Two
institutions believed to be different.
To escape the inevitable fate of being
admitted into one, a growing number of
unsound minds are migrating to
another.
Spreading Faith, Not Fanaticism
The imams who preached hate in England
are today on the run. Mohammed
Wajihuddin on the lessons India should
learn from that country.
Book Launch
A Kannada translation of Latin poet
Virgil's epic poem "Aeneid" by K.
Seetharamaiah is being released on
Sunday, April 1 at 10.30 a.m. at the
Indian Institute of World Culture, B.P.
Wadia Road, Basavanagudi.
Steal A Thought!
They are here, there, everywhere, but
thieves have hardly got their due in
literature. Now seasoned journalist
Vimal Kumar has come up with "Chor
Puran", a Penguin publication that
looks into the life of notoriety with
tongue firmly in cheek.
A Long Journey To Be Herself
Ayaan Hirsi Ali exposes a whole
universe of cruel reality she broke
out of, courageously and logically.
His Science Had Soul
A timely book that tries often
successfully—to bring the personality
of Vikram Sarabhai to life, most of
all in quoting his dancer wife
Mrinalini's words.
Mindscape Reading
Human relationships have invited the
attention of writers since time
immemorial. Dark and Darker is yet
another attempt to delve into the
complex world of human emotions and
sentiments.
Kingdom Of Knowledge Remains
The pictorial biography under review
opens with an endearing quote from
Karan Singh himself. "My life seems to
fall into 18-year modules.
House Of Ghosts
The Top of the Raintree, by Kamalini
Sengupta, is a saga of a stately home
named 'Rajmahal'.
He Was Jesus, Not Christ
In this book, Michael Baigent makes
some startling observations against
the conventional account of Jesus'
death, shaking the very roots of
Christianity, says MV Kamath.
Songs From A Miracle Garden In Mumbai
I have done a great deal of
bird-watching in my own garden. And it
has always surprised me that a very
small area, if leafy enough, will
attract a large number of species even
if it is surrounded by cement, steel
and humanity.
Quest To Entertain Indians And
Illuminate Foreigners
Australia-born journalist and author
Christopher Kremmer’s tryst with
India started in the last decade of
the twentieth century.
Women Writers Speak Out Against
Censorship
In every movement, there are names
that become synonymous with
establishing new frontiers.
His Science Had Soul
Not many people remember Vikram
Sarabhai today.
A Long Journey To Be Herself
I couldn’t put down Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s
Infidel.
Plain Jane Gets New Look
After being made over as a pin-up for
the big screen, Jane Austen is has now
being dolled up by a publisher.
Bird’S-Eye View
The author captures India’s amazing
diversity of birdlife in this
must-possess book.
In A Time Wrap
The novel touches on many contemporary
political movements with a sub-text of
Maoist landscape.
Wanted: The Real Kid
T J Stiles writes about William Bonney,
the notorious outlaw also known as
‘Billy the Kid’ whose mythical spin
offs have overshadowed the real Kid.
Steal A Thought!
"Chor Puran" explores the philosophy
of the pilferer
Book Launch
A Kannada translation of Latin poet
Virgil's epic poem "Aeneid" by K.
Seetharamaiah is being released on
Sunday, April 1 at 10.30 a.m. at the
Indian Institute of World Culture, B.P.
Wadia Road, Basavanagudi.
Unusual And Uplifting Novel
This is a poignant and an unusual
novel. The very name suggests its
unusualness. Whoever has ever heard of
salmon jumping in some obscure wadi in
the
Yemen?
Malice Towards One
One evening in June, 1977 — a month
before General Zia-ul-Haq upstaged
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto,
Pakistan’s
first elected prime minister, in a
military coup — members of Bhutto’s
cabinet and senior army officials were
invited to the PM’s bungalow for
dinner.
Man Who Processed The American Dream
While one probably hears more about
Bill Gates than about Andy Grove, the
latter’s name is just as important in
the context of the high-tech industry.
Tattered Songs Of Sorrow And Bliss
The photographs by Waswo X. Waswo in
INDIA POEMS: THE PHOTOGRAPHS (Gallerie,
Rs 1,750) intend to transport the
viewer to a “nebulous Otherworld”,
from which men and women with wizened
faces and cows with doleful eyes stare
out serenely.
Playing To Win The Hearts Of The
Listeners
Few musicians have elicited as much
adulation from music lovers as Ustad
Vilayat Khan, the sovereign of romance
and aesthetics.
Crisp Introduction
A visual introduction to an art form
that is more than two thousand years
old.
Sezs In A Flux
As a topic, SEZ (Special Economic
Zone) has turned out to be a knotty
issue. The Chinese model has `land'ed
itself in trouble closer home.
Mould? What's That?
Women writers no longer want to be
told what and how they `ought to' and
`ought not to' write
Small Town, Big Heart
The book is about the adrenaline rush
of humdrum survival eked out within
the casually chaotic, blood-drenched
mobocracy of today's India.
The Man, The Scientist And The
Visionary
It is surprising that the first
full-fledged biography of the
charismatic, dynamic visionary Vikram
Sarabhai has taken so many years.
Mahatma Vs Gandhi
Nothing grows under a banyan tree,"
goes an adage. The idiom gets a living
manifestation when one looks at
Mahatma Gandhi's relations with his
family members, especially sons.
Revisiting Religious Pluralism
Minorities are entitled to the fullest
justice. Efficiency and merit alone
should count, and the spoils of
office, given to minorities, over a
long period, should no longer lure
them.
Hornet's Nest Stirred Again
With over 300 biographies of Mahatma
Gandhi already available, an addition
of one more is an unattractive and
uncommercial proposition.
Women Writers Speak Out Against
Censorship
In every movement, there are names
that become synonymous with
establishing new frontiers.
Some Good Things Happened In The
Windies
There are reports that many Indian
wives have left their homes to go stay
with their parents because they could
not bear the World Cup insanity of
their husbands.
The Transfer Circus
In 1996, Kakasaheb Sindhu Mhaske was
caught taking Rs 20,000 from a
shopkeeper by the Anti-Corruption
Bureau in Mumbai.
How The Chinese Learn English
English is the new opium of the masses
in China. To peddle this narcotic, I
packed my bags and headed for
Shanghai.
A For Ashley, B For Bipasha, C For
Cause
I don't want to sound ungrateful, but
I'm not exactly overjoyed about India
becoming the parking-lot of the
world's conscience.
The Killing Of Gandhi: Clearing Away
The Overlay
The legacy of the man runs like a
tangible thread of khadi ….under the
Indian sun you can still feel the
rough comfort of authentic homespun,
under the seven veils of stifling hype
flaunted as “Indianness”.
Nawabs And Nautch Girls
The story evokes the ambience of a
bygone era, but the translations of
Urdu couplets fail to match up.
Rupert Checks In
An interesting read, this book has all
the right ingredients of a Hollywood
potboiler...
Dream World
If the idea of distilled rainbows and
purple fish flying through trees
sounds exciting, then this book is for
you...
'Bad Journalists'
The book reveals the underbelly of the
media and is a good read for anyone
interested in the news...
Visual Metaphors
The historical ingredients of this
graphic novel result in a
juxtaposition and amalgamation of
characters and situations that create
a literary mosaic.
Tagore On Tagore
The author has presented an
‘autobiography’ of Tagore in the Nobel
Laureate’s own words.
Vivid Portrayal Of Partition
Penderel Moon’s work holds special
significance as he was a scholarly and
unbiased individual who witnessed much
that happened during the Partition.
Book Talk
They were two old friends, each
semi-retired, taking a stroll and
catching up on news.
No Money, No Cry
Theatre actor Kumud Mishra says he
once thought to himself that if an
"idiot like Manav Kaul"—his friend and
award-winning playwright—could write
so well, it must be an easy job.
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