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Cricket, the man
and the mind
A peep into the other side of
combative and fierce cricketer ‘Haydos’
Reviewed by Uttam Sengupta
Standing my Ground
By Matthew Hayden.
HarperCollins. Pages 398. Rs 599.
A
champion surfer, a great cook
who is also the author of three books on cooking, an outdoor man but not
a very nice man to know. That is Matthew Hayden for many contemporary
cricketers, as Andrew Flintoff of England readily acknowledges in a
generous foreword.
Tea
without masala
Reviewed by Aradhika Sharma
Chai for Beginners ... A Novel
By Jane Ainslie.
Rupa.
Pages 194. Rs 195.
SITA
Sinclair is in quest for friends, love and spirituality. She’s
been dumped by a boyfriend and needs a new life, and what’s more, she
goes and gets it. In the process, she finds new friends and has fresh,
unexpected experiences that set her on a path of self-realisation.
Varied
shades of life
Reviewed by Harbir K. Singh
Poems
By Margaret Chatterjee.
Promilla & Co. Publishers in Association with Bibliophile South
Asia.
Pages 65. Rs 125.
INDIAN
women poets writing in English, from Toru Dutt to Kamla Das and from
Sarojani Naidu to Suniti Nam Joshi, reveal the variety of themes and
styles that poetry is capable of offering. The present generation of
women poets have made their poetic language chiseled, sharp, pithy and
effortless.
Empowering
the excluded
Reviewed by P. K. Vasudeva
Challenging the Injustice of
Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia
By Rehman Sobhan.
Sage.
Pages 486. Rs 895.
THIS
volume discusses issues relating to poverty in South Asia by focusing on
injustice created and perpetuated by the unjust nature of social order
and provides concrete suggestions about how policymakers may move to
rectify this injustice.
Czar of comics
Quaid Najmi
Anant 'Uncle' Pai popularised Indian culture through the Amar
Chitra Katha series
AnANT
V. Pai, a chemical engineer who taught Indian culture, tradition and
ethos through the Amar Chitra Katha comics to millions of his
countrymen, passed away recently. Popularly known as 'Uncle Pai', he is
survived by his wife Lalitha and elder sister Sumati Prabhu.
Tête-à-tête
Perceptual
artist
Nonika Singh
FEW
would expect petite young artist Sumakshi Singh to make profound
assertions about perception, reality and art. But Delhi-based Sumakshi,
who feels, "Today virtual has become our lever of negotiating with
reality," not only explores what is real and how we recognise it
but also translates her artistic statement into engaging art works
dabbling in several mediums, from sculptures to site specific works to
installations.
Short Takes
Of terrorism, love and relationships
Reviewed by Randeep Wadehra
Kasab: The Face of 26/11
by Rommel Rodrigues
Penguin.
Pages xii+276. Rs 299.
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