Category: Books
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India and EU: The devil lies in the (trade) deal (Book Review)
By Tarun Basu, Title: India and EU: An Insider’s View; Author: Bhaswati Mukherjee; Publisher: ICWA/Vij Books; Pages: 358; Price: Rs 746 About a decade ago, the European Commission, troubled perhaps by the not-so-positive perception it has in India, decided to set up what it called a “Indo-EU news agency” to produce and disseminate real-time, accurate…
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Shahryar – the person and the poetry (Book Review)
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Book: Shahryar: A Life in Poetry; Author: Rakhshanda Jalil; Publisher: HarperCollins; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 226 Shahryar (1936-2012) was arguably one of the best Urdu poets in the post-Independence era. Emerging as a poet in the 1960s, when progressiveness was drawing to a close and modernism was sweeping the literary scene, he…
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A political theorist’s act of resistance against his Partition ghost (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: Looking for the Nation; Author: Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Pages: 202; Price: Rs 350 Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, who earned his doctorate in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has been published widely in national and international media, was haunted by a ghost during his childhood. Several decades on,…
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Urdu version of Modi’s ‘Exam Warriors’ to be launched on Saturday
New Delhi : The Urdu version of the book “Exam Warriors”, penned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be launched at an event here on Saturday. The programme is being organised by India Islamic Cultural Centre. Several cultural programmes will also be presented during the event. The Urdu version of the book will be very…
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Sandeep Jauhar’s ‘Heart’ is in the right place, has the right pace (Book Review)
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, Book: Heart – A history; Author: Sandeep Jauhar; Publisher: Viking Books; Pages: 269; Price: Rs. 599 Dedicated to the beating heart, Dr. Sandeep Jauhar’s latest book ‘Heart – A history’ provides a thumping tribute to the protagonists — some legendary some unsung — of medicine, who over the years have innovated and…
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A writer at peace with himself — and nature — in a broken world (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: The Beauty of All My Days; Author: Ruskin Bond; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: 183; Price: Rs 499 Life is one epic story and the experiences that each individual has is varied and distinct. Author Ruskin Bond has been penning his life experiences — in both fiction and nonfiction — for well over…
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A riveting tale of an extraordinary Indian (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Title: The Life and Times of Yogananda; Author: Philip Goldberg, Publisher: Hay House India; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 399. It will be an understatement to say this is a gripping book, sympathetic yet critical. With his passion for meticulous research, Philip Goldberg has authored what is undoubtedly one of the most…
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Can classical dance be cultural heritage, asks French researcher (Book Review)
By R. Sedhuraman, Book: Dance Theatre of India: Crossing New Aesthetics and Cultures; Author: Katia Legeret-Manochhaya; Publisher: Niyogi Books; Pages: 142; Price: Rs 650 In the 1930s, when the freedom struggle was gathering momentum, the British Raj slapped a ban on India’s actor-dancers, taking away their freedom of speech. They were not allowed to sing…
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Whyfores and wherefores of the 21st century (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century; Author: Yuval Noah Harari; Publisher: Penguin; Price: Rs 799; Pages: 352 Yuval Noah Harari, the million-copy bestselling author of “Sapiens” and “Homo Deus”, has returned with “21 Lessons for the 21st Century”, and the sum total of the arguments that he presents in the new…
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When Indian spies came out on top in Bangladesh (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Title: The Wily Agent/The Zero Cost Mission; Author: Amar Bhushan; Publisher: HarperCollins India; Pages: 189; Price: Rs 250. Spymaster Amar Bhushan’s first book, “Escape to Nowhere”, based on the defection of a senior RAW officer to the US, was so racy that I still rate it as the best work of…