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Books Archive
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Pragathi June Edition is Out
Posted on June 4, 2007 | No CommentsThe folks at Pragathi have slogged it out last month to release a stellar new edition this month. A must-read. Grab your copy now. Tweet -
Sunday Slug Fest: Anantha Murthy and Bhyrappa
Posted on June 3, 2007 | 32 CommentsThis was waiting to happen. Prof U R Ananthamurthy has declared he will not take part in literary functions in future. The decision came in the wake of strong criticism for his reaction on S L Bhyrappa’s controversial novel Aavarana that appeared in a section... -
Appeal to Sanity
Posted on May 30, 2007 | 3 CommentsSo Arun Shourie has published yet another new book. Arun Shourie’s books are really empirical appeals to sanity in a country choked by din. Ashok Malik’s wonderful review of the book in the Pioneer, reproduced here in full. Tweet -
Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know
Posted on April 24, 2007 | No CommentsMy literary tastes have turned more classical nowadays. That hasn’t however, dimmed my fascination for Byron. For some reason, he’s like a powerful spell not in the least because Don Juan was one of the poems that has influenced my growing-up years. Anyway, here’s a superb... -
Self Censorship
Posted on April 13, 2007 | 6 CommentsBanning Salman Rushdie’s book caused the crash of Rajiv Gandhi’s government. Well, it was one of the reasons. What is noteworthy is the massive furore it caused in the nation. The media yelled murder of free speech, etc. Two decades later, the media is mum... -
The Story of DA
Posted on April 10, 2007 | No CommentsTo me, the chief value of reading the Upanishads is simply the amazing stories that I find buried beneath layers of terse philosophical expositions. This is one of the several reasons why I hold the self-affirmed conviction that the Upanishads has something for everyone. One... -
More on Entebbe
Posted on February 28, 2007 | 3 CommentsI was pleasantly surprised to receive several comments on my Entebbe book review. Most commenters have asked me where (if) it is available in India. My unfortunate answer: I’m sorry, I can’t help you much as I would like to. Good places to look for... -
The Nation First
Posted on February 27, 2007 | 5 CommentsThis Danish party gets it mostly right. A political party called Stop Islamisation of Denmark has claimed that 67th and 69th verses of Quran are violating the Danish constitution and the mosques across the country should be closed according to the 78th article of the... -
Textbook Controversies: A Highly Biased Article
Posted on February 26, 2007 | 6 CommentsThis interesting post on Desicritics seeks to examine the controveries surrounding the rewriting of, or the politicizing of history textbooks by governments around the world. Diganta, the author of the article digs up several interesting findings related to this controversy. I’m not knowledgeable enough about... -
Run For Cover!
Posted on February 15, 2007 | 6 CommentsHere is good and bad news, both in the same package. Arundhati Roy is to return to fiction writing, 10 years after winning Booker prize with her first novel, The God of Small Things. In an interview, Roy said she would ‘stagnate’ as a writer... -
Book Review: Himalayan Blunder
Posted on February 13, 2007 | 100 CommentsPreface Oct 20, 1959, Ladakh: Havaldar Karam Singh and his 20-strong troop, doing their routine border patrolling rounds amid heavy snowfall. In an eyewink nine men in the patrol are buried dead under a hailstorm of bullets, and the rest including Karam Singh are taken... -
Book Review: Next
Posted on January 16, 2007 | No CommentsNext is Michael Crichton’s latest novel. It follows the same pattern and approach as Jurassic Park, Lost World, and Prey in terms of structure, research and storytelling technique. Tweet