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South Asian
encounters
Rumina Sethi
Remapping Knowledge: The Making
of South Asian Studies in India, Europe and America (19th and 20th
centuries).
eds. Jackie Assayag and Véronique Bénéï. Three Essays Collective.
Gurgaon. Pages 135. Rs 400.
THREE
Essays Collective, in recent years, has produced erudite collections of
essays that are contemporary as well as relevant to South Asia. Remapping
Knowledge is an interesting experiment in ascertaining new
configurations of the production of knowledge in terms of the
infiltration of "third world" scholars into the West, a
process spurred by globalisation.
‘The
Iraq war has produced a clash of civilisations’
Veteran
journalist, writer and Middle East expert, Dilip Hiro was in Delhi some
time back. The London-based author has published over 27 books, a
majority of them centred around the Middle East and India’s colonial
past. He’s recently brought out a book on contemporary Iran titled, Iran
Today.
Journalists
on journalism
Himmat Singh Gill
The Indian Media
ed. Asha Rani Mathur. Rupa. Pages 320. Rs 395.
IN
honouring the memory of the late outstanding journalist Prem Bhatia,
Asha Rani Mathur’s collection of essays by a string of writers has not
only succeeded in paying a handsome tribute to a man who came to be
identified with accuracy in writing, but also centre staged in all its
dimensions the state of the media in India in the present times.
A
revolutionary’s life
B.S. Thaur
The Political Memoirs of an
Indian Revolutionary Naina Singh Dhoot (1904-1989)
Introduction, translation and annotation by Surinder Singh. Manohar.
Page 357. Price 895.
History
has not done justice to the Indian revolutionaries who valiantly fought
for country’s freedom. The tales of a number of persons who underwent
horrendous torture during the freedom struggle are still shrouded in the
womb of past.
Mission
technology
Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal
The State, IT and Development
eds. R.K. Bagga, Kenneth Keniston and Rohit Raj Mathur. Sage
Publications. Pages 325. Rs 380.
Information
technology and IT-enabled services ave achieved record growth in recent
years. While the number of telephone and Internet users have increased
manifold, software development and earnings too have increased to a new
high.
Pain
and angst
Aditi Garg
Or the Day Seizes You
by Rajorshi Chakraborty. Penguin. Pages 208. Rs 250.
THE
Life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and
writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as
it is with what he hoped to make it. When we reflect on the events as
they unfold, we come face to face with our shortcomings and are forced
to accept that most of the misgivings that we have to deal with could
have been avoided.
URDU REVIEW
Tale from the
vale of snow
Amar Nath Wadehra
Barf, Dhoop aur Chinar
by Kashmiri Lal Zakir Educational Publishing House, Delhi. Pages 135. Rs
110
SNOW
or barf represents pristine purity and dhoop or
sunlight conveys natural warmth. Add to this chinar trees, and one gets
the essence of Kashmiri culture – beautiful, warm and pure. At the
spectrum’s other end, contrary traits too become manifest as snow can
freeze and the sun burn.
In
memory of a best friend
Harsh Desai
A Trip To Dog Heaven Marley
& Me Life and love with the World’s Worst Dog
by John Grogan. William Morrow. Pages 291 Rs. 468
ONE
watched enthralled as Marley & Me bounded up the New York
Times hard cover non-fiction bestseller list like a yellow labrador,
it was intriguing. Who was this
Marley? After 19 weeks, it was on the top of the list and the bookseller
called to say that he has a book called Marley and Me.
Faulkner’s
folly
Scott Martelle
IN
Hollywood, even the greats can fall victim to a bad agent. An
undisclosed bidder recently paid $15,000 for a 1943 letter in which
future Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner complained to a potential
Hollywood agent about the current "dope" of one who had
committed him to a seven-year contract with Warner Bros.
Back of the book
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Long Spoon Lane
by Anne Perry Headline. Pages 373. £ 2.99
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Getting Out of the House
by Isla Dewar Review Pages 346.£ 6.00
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Creepers
by David Morrell. Headline
Pages 312. £6.00
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