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Coping
with banking flux
K.B.S. Sidhu
Managing Indian Banks: The Challenges Ahead
by Vasant C. Joshi and Vinay V. Joshi. Response Books, New
Delhi. Pages 341. Rs 350
THIS
book claims to address the requirements of those who are
handling the challenging jobs of managing the Indian banks in
a rapidly changing economic and regulatory environment and
steering them in the volatile world of financial markets.
A
topical theme, but badly handled
Aradhika Sekhon
The Dreamy Traveller
by M. D. Arif. Prakashan Sansthan. Pages 324. Rs. 250.
THE
book, The Dreamy Traveller, I think, has been so named
because of its unenviable ability to take a reader on a
journey towards dreamland. The only reason that I was able to
complete the journey that the author would like his readers to
undertake is because I am a particularly tenacious type who
believes that once a book has been taken up, it should not be
put away until the last page has been perused.
Surmounting
odds to reach the peak
Jaswant Kaur
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other
Unforgiving Places
by David Breashears. Penguin Books, New Delhi. Pages
XVIII+299. Rs 295.
FOR
some it is a passion, for some a source of permanent happiness
and for some others, the ultimate testing ground. Ever since
its discovery, the Everest has stirred the imagination of
many, leading some to the top and some to the clutches of
death.
Holistic
approach to healing
P. K. Vasudeva
Down down cancer and simple cures for chronic ailments
by Kailash C. Sehgal, Minerva Press, New Delhi. Rs 1200. Pages
957.
THE
author of this book has suffered from different ailments right
from childhood. He has spent a lifetime curing patients
through herbal medication and modifications in food habits. In
the book, the author has discussed the causes of cancer and
other chronic ailments and their cure by changing food habits
and using known herbs.
Attempt
to answer routinely evaded queries
Mohindar Pal
Kohli
Autonomy or Secession: Jammu and Kashmir
by Bhim Singh. Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi. Pages 144.
Rs 250.
DEEPLY
involved in the affairs of J&K, the President of the
Panthers Party, Bhim Singh in his treatise Autonomy or
Secession, has argued that the central government, the
media, the politicians and the intellectuals have failed to
appreciate that the Kashmir Government’s demand for autonomy
amounts to secession.
Anatomy
of capital markets
B.S. Thaur
Indian Households’ Investment Preferences
by L.C. Gupta, C.P. Gupta, Naveen Jain Pages 154, Rs. 360
IN
India people used to keep their savings or funds in gold and
silver. With the spread of banking, the savings went to banks
for safekeeping and growth. The share market also caught the
fancy of the investors when economic development gained
momentum.
Unsatisfactory
critique on Assam
R.P. Chaddah
For Existence
by Nikhil Khasnabish. Spectrum Publications. Pages 283. Rs
195.
NIKHIL
KHASNABISH is an up and coming novelist from the north-eastern
state of Assam and he makes it a point to come out with at
least one novel in two years. In 2000, he published his first
novel, Belief, and now he has come up with his second
novel, first published by the Writers Workshop, Calcutta. Now
it appears as a Spectrum revised reprint.
SHORT TAKES
How
you can adopt a child in India
Jaswant Singh
The Penguin Guide to Adoption in India
by Dr Alooma Lobe and Jayapriya Vasudevan; Penguin Books, New
Delhi; Pages 127; Rs 150.
ADOPTIVE
parenthood is not very popular in India although childless
couples resort to various means to get a child. Some of these
methods are rather bizarre and often involve acts that are
violative of the law. Yet adoption does not always cross their
minds.
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