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That long silence
Review by Rumina Sethi
Never Done and Poorly Paid:
Women’s Work in Globalising India
By Jayati Ghosh.
Women Unlimited, New Delhi.
Pages 185. Rs 250.
WHEN
Thomas Friedman declared that the world was flat, implying a level
field in terms of global policy, he gave scant consideration to the
consequences that rapid economic growth would have on the third-world
women.
Portrait
of an artiste
Review by Sikandar Singh Bhayee
Boro Baba: Ustad Alauddin
Khan
By Sahana Gupta.
Roli Books. Pages 128. Rs 495.
Ustad
Alauddhin Khan Sahib stood tall among scores of great
proponents of Indian classical music. He was a unique man and unique
musician. He started as a tabla player and mastered the now eclipsed
instruments like the Sursingar and the Surbahar. Khan Sahib played the
violin and created an orchestra of Indian musical instruments, the
Maihar Band.
Building
a better world
Review by Paramjit S. Sahai
Towards the New Horizon:
World Order in the 21st Century
By James B. L. Mayall and
Krishnan Srinivasan.
Standard Publishers, New Delhi.
Pages 247. Rs 750.
THIS
book is the product of two intellectuals—Professor James Mayall,
distinguished academic from the West, and Ambassador Krishnan
Srinivasan, a former diplomat from the East. They undertake a joint
journey in their exploration, bringing with them both theoretical and
practical experiences.
Embodiment
of bravery
Review by Vijay Mohan
Valour Unlimited: Haryana and
the Indian Armed Forces
By Atul Yadav.
K.K. Publications, New Delhi
Pages 264. Rs 595.
THROUGH
mythology and history, the land encompassing present-day Haryana has
not only been the arena of some decisive battles that charted the
course of history, but has produced indomitable bearers of arms.
No
minor issue, this
Review by Parbina Rashid
The No-Nonsense Guide to
Minority Rights in South Asia
By Rita Manchanda.
Sage. Pages 311. Rs 350.
THE
title says it all and the accompanying 20-page bibliography
substantiate the author’s claim that it is indeed a no-nonsense
guide to minority rights in South Asia.
Women,
words and winners
Arifa Akbar
Herta
Muller may have been a
little-known Romanian-born German novelist and poet but publishing
houses from around the world have been scrabbling to translate her
work after she claimed the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Master
playwright
Nonika Singh
Celebrated
playwright Mahesh Dattani’s affable gentle demeanour takes one by
surprise, especially, if you have watched his plays. For doesn’t his
pen singe and sear, laying bare the hidden underbelly of society. But
then the most visible playwright of Indian English theatre loves to
rake up complicated issues.
Winnie
the Pooh is back
Winnie
the Pooh, the favourite honey-loving bear of generations of young
children, is to make a return to the bookshelves after more than 80
years — with a new little friend.
SHORT TAKES
He died with
his boots on
Randeep Wadehra
A Flame That Never Dies
Ed. Amalendu Mitra. Grantha Bharati.
Pages: 146. Rs 100.
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