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Slice of hostel life
Roopinder Singh
Nine by Nine
by Daman Singh.
HarperCollins.
Pages 249. Rs 250.
Centred
on the lives of students who live in Maheshwari Devi College for Girls,
this work of fiction will find resonance among many readers, even as it
transcends the recent spate of feel-good campus-based books as it
explores the minds of the protagonists and takes the reader through some
dark alleys.
Up
and close with Manto
Humra Quraishi
Naked Voices — Stories and
Sketches Saadat Hasan Manto
Translated from the Urdu by Rakhshanda Jalil.
Roli.
Pages 141. Rs 295.
Whenever
I read any of Saadat Hasan Manto’s works, I’m reminded of his grand
nephew — Abid Hasan Minto — whom I had met at a Progressive
Writers’ meet held in New Delhi. Though it was almost three years
back, yet I can’t forget my conversation with this gentleman — a
senior Supreme Court advocate in Pakistan, president of the National
Workers Party (NWP) and also a well-known literary critic.
From
parrot to butterfly
Akshaya Kumar
Hybridity, or the Cultural
Logic of Globalization
by Marwan M. Kraidy.
Pearson Longman.
Pages 226. Rs 475.
Culture
is not a one-time event; it is a living organism which has its own
dynamics of evolution and continuity. In the age of post-nationalism, as
cross-cultural movements increase and communication channels become
global in their reach and access, the insularity or the interiority of
the Self can no longer be valorised.
Co-existence
in the new world
Gurmeet Kanwal
Samuel
P. Huntington’s death has once again brought to the fore the debate on
whether his hypothesis about an impending "clash of civilisations"
holds the candle to the emerging world order.
Barry’s
‘flawed’ novel wins Costa prize
Judging panel forgives poor
ending after central character wins them over, writes Arifa Akbar
Novelist
Sebastian Barry was named the winner of the Costa Book of the Year award
in spite of writing a novel that was, according to the judges
"flawed in many ways".
When
health and education come together
Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal
School Health Services in
India: The Social
and Economic Contexts
ed. Rama V. Baru
Sage. Pages 210. Rs 550.
School
health programs include school health services, health education, a
healthy environment, physical education, nutritional food service,
counselling, health promotion for staff, and community support. It is
extremely important to adopt methods that promote health and prevent
diseases.
PUNJABI REVIEW
Understanding the ultimate truth
B. S. Thaur
Sach de Sanmukh
by Kulwant Jagraon.
Lahore Book Shop, Ludhiana.
Pages 144. Rs 130.
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Sama te Supne
by Ranjit Singh Bhinder.
Chetna Parkashan, Ludhiana.
Pages 127. Rs 140.
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Brahmanu Bhala Aakhiay
by Iqbal Singh.
Chatar Singh Jiwan Singh, Amritsar.
Pages 424. Rs 400.
BACK OF THE BOOK
From Poverty To Power
by Duncan Green.
Academic Foundation.
Pages 522. Rs 995.
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