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From
October 10, 2005 to
October 18, 2005
Path-Breaking
Novel
Kannada
Original, U. R. Anantha Murthy.
Rendered into Telugu by Sishtia
Lakshmipathi Sastry; Sahitya Akademi,
Southern Regional Office, Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560001. Rs.
85.
Vibrant
District
NIMIRA
VAIKKUM NELLAI: K. S. Radha Krishnan;
Bharati Putthaka Nilayam, 2, Kuyavar
St, Chennai-600015. Rs. 75.
Announcement
Authors
and publishers are welcome to send
copies of their books to The Hindu for
review. While every effort will be
Contemporary
Islamic Law
Fyzee's
contribution by way of consolidation
and restatement of the law through
cases is a major step forward in an
otherwise dicey situation of
orthodoxy, prejudice, inequality and
fear
The
Killer Wave And Its Aftermath
First
person account of the tsunami from the
time this journalist was shocked out
of his holiday in Sri Lanka
It's
The Call Of The Mountains
An
interesting book that touches the
heart of life in the Himalayas Nimi
Kurian
Curioser
And Curioser...
The
story of an autistic boy’s journey
to find a killer that ends in personal
discovery and a surprising revelation.
A
‘Radiant’ Entry
Cyrus
Mistry has heralded his arrival on the
literary scene with a book that has
all the pre-requisites for
appreciation across the seas.
‘Caste’Ing
A Spell On The Economy
The
book claims that caste is often
‘selectively reworked’ to mean
different things at different
positions in the economic and social
systems.
To
Have Yet Not To Hold
The
book deals with tricky matter and
gives an impression that inter-country
adoptions are unqualified
successes.
Indian
Communism During The Raj
EVERY
political party has to face up to the
difficult task of writing its own
history
Anti-Majoritarian,
Pro-Globalisation
IN
2001, Madhu Purnima Kishwar, an
activist and academic, published in
Manushi, a periodical from New Delhi,
two articles, one dealing with the
working conditions of rickshaw-pullers
in the capital and the other about
street vendors whom she had made a fi
Neocon
Lite Nuclear Agenda
A
liberal counter-proliferation Bible
whose selective implementation will
likely leave the world more unequal -
and dangerous
A
Name Synonymous With The Flute
The
haunting call of the flute hits
straight at the heart, but despite its
religious, folk and romantic
associations it was only in the 1940s
that the brilliant Pannalal Ghosh, a
disciple of Allaudin Khan, gave it a
status worthy of Hindustani classical
m
Behind
The Façade
Lee
makes no attempt to disavow that his
book is written from a pacifist
perspective. His work is effective
enough to validate the value of that
perspective
Action-Packed,
Putdownable Novel
On
hand is a putdownable novel for our
times. Each time, you can take up
Guesswork, which you had put down just
a few minutes earlier without a
bookmark.
Religious
History
MARAIMALAI
ADIKAL is known for his scholarship
and erudition in Tamil, Sanskrit and
English languages.
Parliamentarian
And Social Reformer
THE
BOOK under review is the memoir of the
reputed politician and social
reformer, P.T. Rajan (1892-1974). He
actively engaged not only in the legal
profession but in national politics of
the Justice party.
Humane
Philosopher
MUCH
HAS been written about Sri Narayana
Guru in recent years but very little
that throws new light on his life or
provides new insight about his
teachings.
Ain’T
Over Till The Fat Lady Sings
The
Sunday Philosophy Club; Alexander
McCall Smith, Abacus, 2005, pp 297,
GBP 2.50.
Experimenting
With Love, Across Borders
Beyond
the Call of Voice, another offering in
the NRI genre, is surprisingly not
run-of-the mill, although it reflects
a stereotypical view of India.
Enter
The Dragon
The
Inheritance series, of which the
Eldest is the second part, is full of
fantastic cliche but makes a good read
nevertheless. Eldest; Christopher
Paolini, Knopf, 2005, pp 704, Rs 695.
Political
Biography This Is Not!
It
appears as if the author is being
deliberately bland while narrating
Indira Gandhi’s life, which makes
the book different from other
biographies on her.
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