|
Bowling for
freedom on a sticky pitch
Aradhika Sharma
The Taliban Cricket Club
By Timeri N. Murari. Aleph. Pages
325. Rs 595.
You
first reach out for the book because its cover is so attractively
designed and then you learn that The Taliban Cricket Club has
been written by the author of the bestseller, Taj and, Voila!
You have two excellent reasons to get the book.
Sufi
songs for the soul
Rakhshanda Jalil
Jashn-e-Khusrau: A
Collection Roli Books & Agha Khan Trust
For Culture
Pages 221. Rs 1,995
Home
to the 13th-century Sufi master, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, also known
as Mehboob-e-Ilahi or Beloved of God, the Nizamuddin basti
(meaning settlement) is a repository of a real, lived, Ganga-Jamuni
tehzeeb.
Way
through drama of life
Ravia Gupta
Two Pronouns and a Verb
By Kiran Khalap
Amaryllis. Pages 220. Rs 295
All
love is not equal and has many definitions, but one must take the
responsibility of their definition of love, they both knew this, but
neither of them had the wherewithal to break the deadlock. They walked
along, guided by their compass of memories, racial, familial and
individual.
Grey
zones of religious identity
Aditi Garg
How to Fight Islamist Terror from
the Missionary Position
By Tabish Khair. Fourth Estate.
Pages 191. Rs 450
Religion
is something that has come to define people and categorise them into
slots. Though all of us differ in the degrees to which we are
religious, the mental categorisation starts right from the moment a
name is uttered. Whether one is an atheist or agnostic, their name and
appearance sets in motion a series of pre-formed opinions regarding
their religion that cloud rational judgement.
Overturning
the notion of humanity
Emily Dugan
If
the viral video Kony 2012 was a black-and-white account of Uganda's
recent history, Wojciech Jagielski's book is an opportunity to see the
greyscale. The internet campaign film, seen by millions around the
world, painted a grossly oversimplified account of the activities of
the Lord's Resistance Army.
Past
forward
Pooja Dadwal
The Tiller of Waters
By Hoda Barakat.Translated by
Marilyn Booth Women Unlimited. Pages 200. Rs. 375
Hoda
Barakat’s award winning novel, The Tiller of Waters (Harith
al-miyah) translated by Marilyn Booth, is a beautifully rendered
tale that weaves together the heart ache of the past with the
uncertainty of the present, in the dreary landscape of war torn
Beirut.
Teen
novels and swear words
Bestselling
authors of teen literature often have their rich, attractive and
popular characters spout swear words and profanities, a new study
finds.
Love
in the US of A
Shit Happens! Desi boy in
America
By Karan Puri. Prakash books.
Pages 160. Rs 125
What
happens when a true-blue desi boy goes to the melting pot of cultures,
the United States of America, and gets to live the Great American
Dream. Karan Puri’s rites of passage book has shades of
autobiographical details and it is the honesty and sicnserit with
which he narrates the story of Anurag is touching.
Losing
the plot
Beth
Marriot is a volunteer at the Dasgupta Institute, a Buddhist retreat
set deep in the English countryside. She's been here — preparing the
rice and beans, cleaning the loos, getting up at four to meditate -
for nine months, an unusually long time for a server given that most
parents "don't put you through school to have you spend your life
cooking and cleaning for free".
A
prisoner of conscience
Balwinder Kaur
My Days in Prison (Kaaragaar)
By Urmila Shastri. Harper
Vantage. Pages 163. Rs 150
Some
of the courageous generation who fought for the freedom we enjoy are
still among us. But this is the tale of one woman who never got to
enjoy the hard-won freedom she helped bring about. This is the story
of Urmila Shastri’s short but highly eventful and significant life;
chronicling her quest for freedom.
Facebook
to lift ban on kids
Faced
with slowing growth in its advertising business, Facebook is
considering throwing open its social network to children, in the hope
that The plan is also designed to limit the company’s legal risk
over the already-widespread use of the site by minors, millions of
whom might be on Facebook after lying about their age.
|
