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Great General and able administrator
Amrik Singh
Hari Singh Nalwa: Champion of the Khalsaji
by Vanit Nalwa.
Manohar.
Pages 367. Rs 1,295.
IT
is perfectly understandable that Ranjit Singh’s life and achievement
have received considerable scholarly attention. His role in Punjab
history and achievements fully justify that.
Vivid,
visual tribute
Roopinder Singh
The Indians: Interesting
Aspects, Extraordinary Facets
by Sumant Batra
Treepie, New Delhi
Pages 240. Rs 8,500.
A
powerful visual of a young bhagat of Lord Shiva on the cover
compels you to pick up this coffee-table book, and as you go through
the pages, you see photographs that portray the nation in Technicolor.
Unravelling
darker side of life
Harbans Singh
The Night of the Mi’raj
by Zoe Ferraris.
Little Brown.
Pages 357. Rs 295.
AT
a time when there is a surfeit of books about the Taliban, Islamic
militancy and of course, the Afghan war, it is refreshing to come
across a novel that explores human relationships and passions in an
orthodox Islamic society.
Adding
value to work
Khushwant S. Gill
Knowledge Economy: The Indian
Challenge
Ashok Chandra & M.K.Khanijo
Sage.
Pages 259. Rs.850
A
timely study of one of the key raw materials, or inputs, of modern
economies —knowledge, this book is a compilation of 27 papers
written by leading academicians and practitioners. It has been edited
by Ashok Chandra, scientist, educationist and administrator and M. K.
Khanijo, management consultant and academician.
Dimensions
of peace and prosperity
Vijay Mohan
Cooperative Development,
Peace and Security in South Asia
Eds Dr Neetu Gaur and Dr Vijay Laxmi.
CRRID
Pages: 155. Rs 360.
Development
and security are two
issues synonymous with South Asia. The world looks at the Indian
subcontinent as a focal point of economic development while the
regions adjoining it dominate global security concerns.
Understanding
crowd violence
Santosh Kr Singh
Religion, Violence &
Political Mobilization in South Asia
Ed. Ravinder Kaur.
Sage.
Pages 228. Rs 280.
SOUTH
Asia has almost always been in the vortex of tumultuous change
propelled largely by its rather complex and competitive networks of
ethnic and religious social configurations. Post 9/11, however, the
region has emerged as a critical landscape with serious global
security implications in the background of US-led war against terror.
Jeffrey
Archer wants to be India’s transport minister
FIT
as a man half his age and with a ringing command in his voice,
69-year-old acclaimed author Jeffrey Archer tickled his fans’ funny
bone in Gurgaon recently by saying that he wants to be India’s
transport minister and narrated how a kid tried to sell him a pirated
version of his own book.
Life
beyond fears
Overcoming
fear is the key that unlocks several doors in life. And motivation
guru and psychotherapist Richard Bandler’s new book Get the Life
You want prescribes a set of ideas that helps one understand how
people think and change their behaviour.
Supermodel
Kate turns author
BRITISH
supermodel Kate Moss is writing an autobiography and businessman
Richard Branson has agreed to publish. Branson, who heads Virgin
Atlantic airlines, owns a 10 per cent stake in Virgin Books.
No
novice at nine
A
nine-year-old Spanish boy has become one of the youngest authors in
the world with the publication of his book Thok, the Vain Dragon. Manuel
Alguacil learned to read when he was three, breezed through
Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy in two weeks when he was
aged six before devouring all seven books in the Harry Potter series.
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