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Bard’s
saga of crime and punishment
Reviewed by Rumina Sethi
Shakespeare’s Cinema of
Crime.
R.S. White. The Shakespeare Association.
Pages 182. Rs 695.
In the history of contemporary
criminology, one often comes across references to crime in art and
literature with the purpose of investigating complex questions of law
and justice. Going beyond the constraints of the narrow boundaries of
a discipline brings up an interdisciplinary study that broadens the
field of jurisprudence through motivations and solutions to the
sociology of crime.
Journey
through a mystic world
Reviewed by KS Dhir
The Origin of Religions.
By B.N. Karkara.
Gyan Publishing House.
Pages 268 Rs 750
Animals have no religions and
intelligence is the dividing line between the two species. Religions
are a product of the thinking faculty of man. The Origin of Religions
tries to visualise what actually might have happened in this spiritual
area ages back but does not stop at that. It presents a macro view of
major world religions touching issues like their relevance or role.
Minefield
of info on foreign policy
Reviewed by Paramjit S. Sahai
Diplomatic Channels
By Krishnan Srinivasan
Manohar Publishers. Pages 264. Rs 750
The book by Krishnan Srinivasan
is in four parts — about his innings as Foreign Secretary;
revisiting nonalignment; articles on the wider world and his foray
into the literary field. The parameters to be adopted to judge the
book are: Does it live up to the stated objectives of the author and
measure up to the expectations of readers? Finally, does it add to our
knowledge on India’s foreign policy.
Heavy,
yet visually informative
Reviewed by Kanchan Mehta
Once Upon A Hill
By Kalpish Ratna
Harper Collins. Pages 236 Rs 499
Reading of this comprehensive
survey of the geological wonder, Gilbert Hill, in the suburbs of
Bombay, demands a lot of patience for a rambling description of rock
formation, a long search for the meaning of ‘basalt,' use of too
much jargon, baffling details about ‘the curious cartographer’
Carter’s findings on Bombay’s geology and excess of authorial
experiences of researching the hill.
Spiritual
quest & spice
Reviewed Chandni S. Chandel
Success through spirituality
By SJS Pall.
Gopsons. Pages 197. Rs 295
The book carries a message -
there is a need to go back to our religious books. It can serve as a
good guide to business honchos, technocrats, private firms in metros,
small cities and towns who have, somewhere down the line, forgotten
the ethics of a good and a humane management in the race to rake up
profits. The book takes us to where we belong to, it reinvents us, it
remind us of all such values at work like truthfulness, self-realisation,
philanthropy, self-management, being human which nobody follows in our
offices these days. The book is too utopian for management gurus to
follow, though not impossible.
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