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The way we are
Reviewed by Aradhika Sharma
Indian Essentials
Penguin. Rs 450. Pages
526.
THE reviewer has decided
that she’s going to follow Jerry Pinto on Twitter or whichever
social network he is on, since the time he had her chuckling over his
little compilation of terms most Indian, which comes in the form of an
extra booklet along with Indian Essentials.
Security challenges
ahead for Asia
Reviewed by Vijay Mohan
Asian Defence Review
2008-09
Ed. Air Cmde Jasjit
Singh (retd) . KW Publishers and Centre
for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. Pages 272. Rs 620.
IN Asia lies the
geopolitical epicenter of the emerging new world order. Four of the
five economies, and consequently military powers, around which the
world would revolve, are located on land mass making up the largest
continent.
A brush with nationalism
Reviewed by Parbina Rashid
The Alternate Nation of Abanindranath Tagore
By Debashish Banerji. Sage. Pages 136. Rs
995.
SOMETIMES it’s okay to
judge a book by its cover. Most people do so as leading publishers
aver and spend lots of money on designing attractive covers. That’s
exactly what I did when I picked up this book for no other reason than
its enticing look.
Absorbing love story
Reviewed by Aditi Garg
I, Romantic
By Rajeev Jhaveri. Plus Ink. Pages 360. Rs
199.
MORE often than not, the
telling of a story, more than the story itself, makes or breaks it.
And when the storytelling is intense and fearless, and at the same
time heartfelt, it achieves what it set out to; engrossing the reader
in its own world.
Key to better governance
Reviewed by Laxmi Kant Verma
Unlocking E-Government
Potential: Concepts, Cases and Practical
Insights
By Subhash Bhatnagar. Sage. Pages 352. Rs 450.
THE high rate of growth
in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) has
changed the development scenario in the developing countries. It has
given them a chance to provide its public better services effectively
and transparently using e-government applications.
Capital idea
Madhusree Chatterjee
Novelist Rana Dasgupta,
who won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the best book 2010, is
now writing a non-fiction volume on Delhi. "The book is a kind
of quest through many areas of life in Delhi, trying to probe how the
city works, the problems and what does this confusion mean to us and
the reasons to be horrified. The 21st century may be a significant
moment in history," Delhi-based Dasgupta said in a recent
interview.
Tete-a-tete
Expanding musical
expanse
Nonika Singh
THE father, renowned
musician Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, invented the Mohan Veena and the son,
Salil Bhat, went ahead and created the Satvik Veena. The father won
the prestigious Grammy Award in 1994 and the son was nominated for the
Juno Award for his latest album Slide to Freedom 2 in the Best World
Music category this year.
SHORT TAKES
Love and dove
Reviewed by Randeep Wadehra
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Turtle Dove
by Divya Dubey
Gyaana Books. Pages:
227. Rs. 195
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Illusions of Love
by K. B. Trehan
Cedar Books. Pages: 190.
Rs 195
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I am Broke...! Love Me
by Animesh Verma
Srishti. Pages: 200. Rs.
100
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