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Committed
parliamentarian
Reviewed by V. Eshwar Anand
Keeping The Faith: Memoirs of
a Parliamentarian
By Somnath Chatterjee.
HarperCollins.
Pages 397. Rs 499.
IT
is not always easy for a celebrity to do memoirs, recapitulating his
career in public life over a span of four decades. The writer, an
outstanding parliamentarian, has done a splendid job. A Barrister,
Somnath Chatterjee’s entry into politics was as sudden as his
decision not to contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and thus giving a
break to his 38-year innings in Parliament.
No
flavour to savour
Reviewed by Rachna Singh
Sex in Cinema: A History of
Female Sexuality in Indian Films
By Fareed Kazmi.
Rupa.
Pages 375. Rs 395.
THE
title of Fareed Kazmi’s book Sex in Cinema is somewhat
misleading. The book offers neither titillation nor an analysis of
cinematic images of carnality that the title suggests. Instead, it
attempts to unravel the academic implications of the concept of
Western feminism in the context of Bollywood cinema.
Love
story with a twist
Reviewed by Aditi Garg
Hostel Room 131
By R. Raj Rao
Penguin Books.
Pages 228. Rs 250.
IT
is said love is blind. It transcends barriers of age, religion, caste,
colour and apparently, even sex. When love is chemistry and sex is a
physical expression of the same, it can just as well happen between
two consenting adults of the same gender. Matters of heart refuse to
be bound by conventional rules. One stricken by it is impervious to
all reason.
In
pursuit of sustainability
Reviewed by D. S. Cheema
Education for Sustainable
Development: Challenges, Strategies and Practices in a Globalising
World
Eds Anastasia Nikolopoulou, Taisha Abraham, Farid Mirbagheri.
Sage Publications.
Pages 232. Rs 795.
Un
Agenda 21 was the first international document that identified
education as an essential tool for achieving sustainable development
and highlighted the areas of action for education. Education for
sustainable development has assumed significance in the recent past,
especially since UN General Assembly declared 2005-14, the UN decade
of education for sustainable development.
Coexisting
creatively
Humra Quraishi
New Delhi-based German writer
Roswitha Joshi talks of her new book, Indian Dreams, and being
in India
Roswitha
Joshi has that passion to write. The latest is this novel Indian
Dreams (UBSPD). And though this is not the first time I am writing
about her in the context of her books, but then, each time I see her
equipped with oodles of enthusiasm and that intensity to write further
on. Perhaps, this alone explains that want, that need to write and
offload more and much more.
Game
for civility!
Kiran Bedi co-authors a book
on civic sense ahead of the CWG
MoVED
by the 'not so good' image of civic sense of Indians among
foreigners, India's first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi has brought out
suggestions for laymen to improve their civic behaviour ahead of the
Commonwealth Games.
Back of the book
Climbers, clues and chronicles
Stageplay: The Journey of An Actor
By Sushma Seth.
Amaryllis. Rs 350.
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No Way Down
By Graham Bowley.
Penguin. Rs 499.
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Bottom of the Heap
By Reeti Gadekar.
HarperCollins-India. Rs 250.
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The Golden Gandhi
Statue from America
By Subimal Misra.
Harper-Perennial. Rs 199.
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Invisible Forgotten
Sufferers: The Plight of Widows Around The World
By Vijay Dutt.
Konark Publishing House. Rs 600.
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Yaraana: Gay
Writings from South Asia
Edited by Hoshang Merchant.
Penguin. Rs 350.
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