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Path out of poverty
Nirmal Sandhu
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey Sachs. Penguin, New York. Pages 397. $22.95
"WE
need to be modest about our ability to find the answers for other
societies", thus writes Timothy Garton Ash in his recent book
"Free World: Why a Crisis of the West Reveals the Opportunity of
Our Time". Jeffrey Sachs doesn’t think so; he claims with
cocksureness, typically American, that he has the answers and his book
claims to show the path out of poverty.
Shot stories
Pramod Pushkarna
Alive and Clicking: A
Memoir
by T.S. Satyan. Penguin. Pages 322. Rs 375
I know celebrated
photojournalist T.S Satyan as a fellow-photographer who has been an
elder brother not only to T.S. Nagarajan but also to many of us who have
wielded the camera and captured Delhi’s news world over the last three
decades.
The
drive of emotions
Kuldip Dhiman
Emotions Revealed:
Understanding Faces and Feelings
by Paul Ekman Phoenix. Pages 282. £ 4.99
THE
idea that a person governed by reason alone, and not by the emotions
would be more perfect than we are, is an ancient popular belief. As a
result, emotions, known variously as "affects",
"passions", have not received due attention by philosophers
and psychologists.
No
ordinary women, these
Priyanka Singh
A Space of Her Own
Eds: Leela Gulati and Jasodhara Bagchi. Sage Publications. Pages 275. Rs
340.
THAT
the Indian woman is resilient is a truism, but that she could take
control of her life while all about her was falling apart and that too
without a formal education and much before the feminist movement made
itself felt, inspires. She was never weak and grit would surface when
the times so required.
Eternal
travel tale
Amar Chandel
Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer. HarperCollins Pages
293+21 Rs 295
THERE
are some books which book their place in the list of classics right from
the day of their publication. Seven Years in Tibet had acquired
that cult status soon after it came out in 1953. Not only was the
subject matter exotic and mysterious, the events that took place in the
life of the Austrian author Heinrich Harrer were the stuff legends are
made of.
A
bold break
Samra Rahman
I’m Gone
by Jean Echenoz. Rupa. Pages 195. Rs 295.
THIS
modern French novel, which has received the accolade of Prix Goncourt,
is from the new series Rupa France, co-edited by the Cultural Service of
the Embassy of France. It serves as an excellent introduction not only
to the work of Echanoz but to the current French literary scene.
Notable
discourse on caste
Navprit Kaur
Dalits in Regional Context
Harish K. Puri (ed). Rawat Publications. Pages 323. Rs 595.
THE
emergence of historically marginalised sections in the arena of
electoral democracy, especially the Dalits of North India, has led many
to claim that Indian democracy has come of age. However, unlike other
north Indian states, one comes across a lack of independent assertion of
the Dalits in the electoral arena of Punjab.
Agony
of an Indian Muslim
Aditi Garg
Son of the Soil
by Nazrul Islam. Viva Books. Pages 769. Rs 395.
Territory
is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit it are its soul,
spirit and life. In a country as culturally diverse as India, the
bouquet of languages, races and religions forms its essence. A
democratic set-up like ours should make every Indian proud of his nation
and encourage each one of us to be an active catalyst for change and
development.
Back
of the book
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The Hall of a Thousand
Columns
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. John Murray. Pages 333. Rs 900
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The Mermaid Chair
by Sue Monk Kidd. Hodder & Stoughton. Pages 338. £6
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After Gujarat and
Other Poems
by Seema Qasim. Ravi Dayal Publisher. Pages 57. Rs 90
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