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Traitor
Set in the turbulent milieu of bullets and blood at the peak of the LTTE struggle in Sri Lanka, Traitor is a rhetoric of torture, pain and black humour that gives voice to the testimonies of millions of refugees of the torn land. Nesakumaran's story begins in the Sri Lanka of the 1980s when, radicalised by the dream of a Tamil state, he abandons his seminary. As a terrorist, he is not much of a threat because of the missions he botches up, but once Nesakumaran enters the system, he is trapped in a whirlpool of interrogation chambers, army camps and regional camps. The book climaxes with the massacre of Tamil prisoners by the Sinhalese inmates in the Welikade prison in 1983. A powerful book of pain, pathos and dark humour.
Ramakrishna
Paramahansa: The Sadhaka of Dakshineswar He is the Buddha of Bengal. The spiritual life and experiences of Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-86) reflect in some ways the richness and underlying unity of the Hindu-Bengali religious culture as well as its inherent tensions. The book throws light on him in the context of the contradictions of 19th century Bengal - his Vaishnav roots and Sakti worship, bhakti gyan and the tradition of gurus and sadhakas. This is the third biography of the seer by Amiya P. Sen and provides rare insights into the guru's life.
Mask in the Mirror Living a writer's life is like straddling two bizarre worlds. The book narrates the journey of an ordinary man who decided to write one day. The first sentence of his book changes his life as he confronts himself. The writer, a simpleton, realises is complex temperament and abstraction of thoughts as he metamorphoses into a writer. Author Nidhi Chawla, a criminal lawyer by profession, uses her insight into human nature and psychological aberrations to probe a writer's brain.
A Requiem for a
Brand Brands call the business shots in the 21st century. But brand loyalty, says veteran brandman Pradip Chanda, is inversely proportional to the income and education level of the knowledge consumer. The business writer probes why and how brands became strategic assets as he profiles the evolution of the new knowledge consumer and how companies protect the equity of the brands they have nurtured over the decades. The book advocates a new approach to building brand loyalty in today's high-tech, high-stakes, brand-hostile environs.
Ash & Tara and
the Emerald Dagger Emperor Akbar is
about to lose his lucky emerald dagger that a stranger on a white
horse gives him during a battle. Thieves are eyeing it. Poor twins Ash
and Tara who live in a village on the bank of the Yamuna opposite Agra
Fort sniffs the plot and wings their way into the Agra Fort to battle
some of the vilest villains. — IANS
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Here
are five new books to sit back and enjoy this week:
