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From May 17, 2007 to May 23, 2007
A Must For Managers
Of S. Ramachander’s new book, “Manager
of Work: A practitioner’s guide to
being the best”
A Touch Of Melancholy
Books in Indian languages do not
normally get any international
recognition as they are inaccessible
to the English-knowing readers.
On Human Emotions
Whenever A seasoned writer visualises
his fictional world "truly", and
merges it with an "observed world"
fully, a novel like Jnanapith award
winner, K. Jayakanthan's "Kalyani"
will be born.
Study On Tamil Epics
The book under review consists of two
ancient Tamil epics. Cilappathikaram
was composed by Ilangovadigal, the
Chera prince and Manimekalai by the
saint-poet known as Chathanar.
Announcement
Authors and publishers are welcome to
send copies of their books to The
Hindu for review.
Interpreting Sacred Names Of Lakshmi
Every popular deity in Hinduism is
usually associated with a large number
of names, which have real significance
and import.
Historical Account Of Sati
It offers a representative sample of
writings on the practice and idea of
sati.
Work On Dalit Angst & A Story For All
Ages
Moon mountain: Bibhutibhushan
Bandopadhyay; Translated from the
original Bangla by Pradeep Sinha; Rs.
245.
Insight Into Professional Management
The evolution of professional
management in India is of absorbing
interest to any thinking manager or
student.
Political Churning In U.P.
In
India
the practitioners (politicians) as
also the daily chroniclers
(journalists) of political exchanges
tend to be dismissive of the scholar's
capacity to help understand, and if
possible, predict developments.
Xxl Don't An Epic Make
Sujit Saraf ambitiously sets out to
write a sweeping epic about Indian
politics.
Inheritance Of Deceit
The prose is unpretentious. The
characters seem real, and the novel
makes an easy read.
How Does A Democracy Change Gears On
The Growth Highway
Steering a democracy on the
development road is no different from
driving a car. A shared vision of the
future is the first gear.
The Invention Of India
Ramachandra Guha is one of India’s
most distinguished public
intellectuals and the quintessential
liberal—an endangered species in our
country these days.
What To Read This Summer
The Franco-Czech novelist picks up the
conversation from The Art of the Novel
and Testaments Betrayed.
When Yusuf Became Dilip
One feature of the film industry has
been its capacious cosmopolitanism.
Paris and Jewish actors have rubbed
shoulders with Hindus and Muslims and
Christians.
Sex, Lies And Newspapers
Upendra Tankha's novel, A Bachelor
Boy, is all about the musings of a
Delhi journalist during the pre-reform
era.
Face Behind The Makeup
Mani Shankar's Chowringhee, published
in Bengali in 1962, was a bestseller.
Born On The 15th Of August
This is a sterling job by Ramachandra
Guha. It will be difficult to find
another such work that so convincingly
tells the story of India after Gandhi
with so much zeal and commendable
accuracy,
First War Of Independence?
These three books offer objective and
diverse analyses of the 1857 Uprising
and the masaccres that followed.
A Matter Of Clich
This author treats her readers as
fairly uncouth and wastes no time in
originality or good English.
Horn, Ok, Please!
This book defies simplistic
generalisations and succeeds greatly
in understanding the Indian psyche.
Split Wide Open
This biography reveals the many faces
of Hema Malini, the original dream
girl of Bollywood.
Unity In Diversity
Kamila Shamsie enjoys Helen Oyeyemis
intricate and intelligent novel on
cultural displacement.
Comic Capers For India
Comic book houses bring India-specific
stories and use Indian languages to
lure the comic aficionado in the
country.
Comic Capers For India
Comic book houses bring India-specific
stories and use Indian languages to
lure the comic aficionado in the
country.
In Verse And Visuals
Imtiaz Dharker’s poems question the
absurdity of war and the divisions
people make.
Beat Street
It’s time for interpretations,
tributes and new music this season.
Alternative Spaces
K.N. Panikkar, who taught at
Jawaharlal Nehru University, remains a
classical Marxist.
An Outsider’s Inside View
The Australian journalist Christopher
Kremmer had caught the attention of
the reading fraternity with The Carpet
Wars — a well-researched and
captivating account of the texture of
the Oriental carpet.
For A Scholar Of Repute
Take four relatively new books
published late in 2006 or early in
2007: Amartya Sen’s Identity and
Violence:
Want To Be One Of Them?
It’s the Big Sister speaking. In a
no-nonsense voice, and superciliously
trendy English . . . . .
The Red Carpet
In 1940, Vivien Leigh picked up the
actress Oscar for playing Scarlett O’
Hara in Gone With the Wind. She was
wearing the “Red Poppy Evening Gown”.
A Class Act
Australia’s
best ever and the only outfit to have
scored commercially outside that
continent, Little River Band was a
class act.
A Face For Every Recipe
If fruitcake was a woman, what would
she look like? Eccentric, with scarves
the colour of bright marzipan icing
and hair as dark as a currant,
perhaps.
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