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A tale of survival
Sikandar Singh Bhayee
In the Master’s Presence: The
Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib
by Nidar Singh Nihang and Parmjit Singh
Kashi House.
Pages 330. $60.
Hazoor
Sahib’s own rich story
has, until now, been somewhat lost in the annals of history and this
book gives it the place that it deserves. Hazoor Sahib, which literally
means "Master’s Presence", is the shrine built at the site
of the cremation of Sri Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and last living Guru
of the Sikhs.
Karnataka
on the fast track
V. Eshwar Anand
Development in Karnataka:
Challenges of Governance, Equity and Empowerment
Ed. Gopal K. Kadekodi, Ravi Kanbur and Vijayendra Rao.
Academic Foundation.
Pages 432. Rs 995.
Paradoxically,
though Karnataka is a fast developing state, the fruits of growth have
not percolated to the rural areas. There are regional and social
disparities. The state is going through rapid urbanisation, but the
poverty headcount ratio (HCR) in urban Karnataka is much higher than its
neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the
country average. This is cause for concern for economists and planners.
Death
of democracy
Priyanka Singh
Socialism is Great !
by Lijia Zhang.
HarperCollins.
Pages 284. Rs 450.
Understanding
China isn’t easy with its rather contained and warped ideology;
fighting ideas that threaten to break away from the traditional
"landlocked mentality" with brute force and the glorified
Communist cause that asks of people to submit to government will—no
questions asked.
Journey
into Buddhist past
Kavita Soni-Sharma
Nothing is Blue
by Biman Nath.
HarperCollins.
Pages 242. Rs 295.
THIS
is a story of an exciting journey into the medieval world of new
religions and changing inclinations, where the last of the ancient
emperors rules over the subcontinent. The times are turbulent. There are
palpable signs of political unrest and the Nalanda monastery—the
biggest in the ancient world—is also considerably shaken up.
URDU REVIEW
Life in the
last leg
Amar Nath Wadehra
Akhri Adhyaya
by Kashmiri Lal Zakir. Penguin.
Pages: xxix + 124. Rs 125.
Acquired
immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). There are between 2.4 million and 5
million people suffering from HIV AIDS in India.
PUNJABI REVIEW
Images of everyday life
B. S. Thaur
Chhote Vadde Rabb
(Small and Big Gods)
by B. S. Bir.
Arsee Publishers, Delhi.
Pages 208. Rs 220.
Dark chapter of US history
Pulitzer Prize-winning book on a brutal aspect of US history has re-ignited debate on the country’s racial past just as the country’s first black President is seen as evidence of racial progress, writes
Matthew Bigg
Slavery
by Another Name recounts the
little-known story of how in the decades after President Abraham Lincoln’s
1863 Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves, hundreds of thousands of
black Americans were re-enslaved as convict labourers.
Crichton’s
novels
TWO
novels by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, one finished by
him before his death last year and the other to be completed based on
his notes, will be published posthumously, his publisher said recently.
Crichton, a doctor turned novelist and filmmaker whose books have sold
more than 150 million copies worldwide, died of cancer last November at
age 66.
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