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Upheavals,
personal and social
Reviewed by Roopinder Singh
The Sacred Grove
By Daman Singh
HarperCollins.
Pages 237. Rs 200.
ASHWIN
is smart, young, opinionated, and confused—a bundle of
contradictions, that is, a teenager of today. He lives in a small
town, and is the son of a ‘big’ man, the district collector. As
for his mother, we are soon informed that he is expecting.
Delhi
deconstructed
Reviewed by Humra
Quraishi
Celebrating Delhi
Edited by Mala Dayal and Ravi Dayal.
Penguin-Viking.
Pages 187. Rs 350.
PERHAPS,
one of those great aspects of this recently released book, Celebrating
Delhi, is that it distracts you from the messed-up condition of
today’s New Delhi. Those essays tucked in this volume take you to
those good, old days, when New Delhi did not lay plundered or, to put
it in more gentler terms, New Delhi did not lay dug up for the
forthcoming Commonwealth Games!
Talented
women
Reviewed by Kavita Chauhan
Women of the Tagore Household
By Chitra Deb.
Trans. Smita Chowdhry and Sona Roy.
Penguin Books.
Pages 640. Rs 499.
IN
a society where women were reduced to be glorified slaves, and where
social evils like child marriage, polygamy and the practice of satidaha
were rampant, the women of Tagore family carved a niche for
themselves in activities like horse riding, travelling to England,
attending parties at the Viceregal Palace, lecture-tours in the USA,
school education, lessons in painting, music, play-acting, writing
books, participation in the national movement and establishment of
various women’s organisations.
Life
and times of Great Mughal
Reviewed by Laxmi Kant Verma
Akbar: The Mighty Emperor
By Kavitha Mandana.
Puffin Books.
Pages 122. Rs 150.
JAlaluddin
Muhammad Akbar was one of the most successful emperors of the Mughal
Empire. He was crowned the King of Hindustan at the very young age of
thirteen. His contribution in the fields of art, literature and
religion has made him one of the most remarkable men in the Indian
history, and is rightfully called Akbar the Great.
Examining Punjab
problem
Reviewed by Kanwalpreet
The Sikh Separatist
Insurgency in India: Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist
Movements
By Jugdep S. Chima.
Sage.
Pages 314. Rs 750.
THE
Sikhs boast of achievements in every field. Yet, a section of it is
disgruntled for not getting its due. The writer talks about the crisis
in leadership within this community and how that resulted in
complicating the Punjab/Sikh problem.
Reality
check
Reviewed by Ravia Gupta
Coming Soon. The End.
By Omkar Sane.
Tranquebar.
Pages 251. Rs 295.
TEACHERS
call it the idiot box; youth call it the tube; parents call it an
addiction; granny, a lifeline, but there are only a few who call it a
livelihood. It’s a story of behind-the-television scenes, where
fiction meets the reality.
Now,
book slams CWG
AFTER
coming under fire from several quarters over allegations of
corruption, the upcoming Commonwealth Games and its organisers came in
for more criticism — this time in a book called It's Common v/s
Wealth - Exposing Commonwealth Games 2010 launched in New Delhi
recently.
Talking
of thugs
THE
Jamia Millia Islamia centre for learning Friday hosted a conversation
on reading and writing between novelists Geeta Hariharan and Tabish
Khair who dwelt on the critical and creative processes integral to
writers to hone their skills.
Back
of the book
Superpower? The Amazing Race Between China’s
Hare and India’s Tortoise
By Raghav Bahl.
Penguin Books. Rs 699.
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A World of Memories
By Madhvi Parekh.
Penguin Studio. Rs 2,999.
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The Dangerous World
of Informers
By J. Dey.
Jaico Publishing House. Rs 250.
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As Cute as a Pug
By Dhruv Lamba.
Netizens First. Rs 200.
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The Saraswati Park
By Anjali Joseph.
HarperCollins-India. Rs 399.
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Krishna: Journey
Through the Lands and Legends of Krishna by Dev Prasad
Jaico Publishing House. Rs 295.
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