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Reviewed by Balwinder Kaur
Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges
By A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. HarperCollins. Pages 182. Rs 199
The
little boy who collected newspapers thrown from a train for
distribution in Rameswaram town rose to the highest office in the
land. This is A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's phenomenal success story. It is the
stuff dreams and legends are made of; inspiring others to aspire. His
life and achievements are now part of Indian history but his
fascinating story told in his words is what Turning Points: A
Journey Through Challenges is all about. The book is a sequel to
his bestseller Wings of Fire and picks up where it left off in
the year 2002.
Sermons of survival for the weak
Reviewed by M.M. Goel
Lessons in Spiritual Economics from the Bhagavad-gita.
By Dhanesvara Dass. Published by the author. Pages 320. Rs 450
The
fact that economics is a necessary subject for everyone as consumer,
producer, distributor and trader to learn and comprehend, hardly needs
any justification. Is it really a queen of social sciences as
conceptualised by Noble Laureate Paul Samuelson? Or has reduced its
stature because of the human behaviour on which it is based?
Lessons
the PLA learnt
Reviewed by Rakesh Datta
Chinese Lessons from Other
People's Wars
Ed Andrew Scobell, David Lai & Roy Kamphausen. Lancer. Rs 795
True
to the proverbial dictum
that more you sweat in peace, less you bleed in war, Chinese are
learning aggressively from wars fought by others. The strategical
understanding of the use of force is to grasp the changing perception
about the role of power, logistics, command, control and precision
munition, as the Chinese have not fought openly for well over three
decades.
Recreating
a spooky atmosphere
Reviewed by Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu
More Ghost Stories of Shimla
Hills
By Minakshi Chaudhry. Rupa. Pages 147. Rs 150
"Just
as he put one foot on to the
balcony, something invisible seized his body and flung him back into the
room. Then he felt a strange sensation`85 as if something was drawing
out his strength..."
tete-a-tete
One life, many roles
Nonika Singh
Three-and-a-half-decade-long
tryst with the world of creative arts and you would expect actor
director Lillete Dubey to look back at her journey with a smug
satisfaction. Been there and done it all. However, the lovely lady
whose acclaimed plays like Dance Like a Man have clocked over
400 shows feels she is not even half way through.
Designers fashion bibles for younger lot
Nivedita
Moving
from needle and thread, fashion connoisseurs are putting pen to paper
in a bid to share their experiences and expertise with the younger
lot. From Ritu Beri to Ritu Kumar, Wendell Rodricks to Suneet Varma
— they have all penned autobiographies to coffee-table legacy books
as a pay-back to the younger generation.
Byomkesh
in English
Madhusree Chatterjee
The
collection of three translated stories of Bengali writer Saradindu
Bandyopadhyay featuring private investigator Byomkesh Bakshi is aimed
at drawing the attention of a young readership to classical Indian
detective fiction. Translated from Bengali to English by Arunava Sinha,
The Rhythm of Riddles has three mystery stories. set in Kolkata.
International scene
Untold Story
By Monica Ali.
Simon & Schuster £7.99
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No One But a Woman Knows
By Margaret Llewelyn Davies I
Virago £7.99
nThe Beautiful Indifference
By Sarah Hall I
Faber £7.99
nThere But For The
By Ali Smith I
Penguin £8.99
nThe Story of English in 100 Words
By David Crystal I
Profile £8.99
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