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With fresh insight from across the border
Reviewed by G. Parthasarathy
From a
Minister's Journal
by F.S
Aijazuddin
ThreeRivers. Pages 130. Rs 395
fakir Aijazuddin is a prolific writer not only about developments in Pakistan, but also on the intricacies of his country's foreign policies, including developments during the days when Richard Nixon and Yahya Khan secretly laid the seeds of the Sino-US honeymoon, coinciding with the events leading to the 1971 Bangladesh conflict.
Aijazuddin, popularly known as “Aijaz” to his many Indian friends is a man of many parts.
The journey towards adulthood
Reviewed by Aradhika Sharma
Like it Happened
Yesterday.
by Ravinder Singh.
Penguin Metro Books. Pages 195. Rs 140
This is a coming-of-age book — a book that takes you back into the childhood of Ravinder and his younger brother. For those of the generation and the time and space, the episodes may echo experiences that they had while growing up.
Promise of an edgy, racy and riveting read
Reviewed by Aditi Garg
Popular by Alissa Grosso
Jaico Books. Pages 325. Rs 199
THE trials and tribulations of high-school stay with you long after you graduate and are a big part of your personality. At an age when friends mean the world to you and they can make or break any peer's standing in school, it is indeed a stage of a multitude of experiences. Alissa
Grosso, a former children's librarian, newspaper editor and author of Ferocity Summer, has authored Popular. It is a wonderfully insightful book that a lot of teens would identify with. Written with an in-depth understanding of the tender youthful age, the author does full justice to the subject of popularity; its highs and ultimate lows.
Boomtown
by Aditya Mukherjee Rupa.
Pages 303. Rs 295
The Price You
Pay
by Somnath Batabyal
Harper Collins. Pages 286. Rs 350
To darling daughters, lessons for a lifetime
Reviewed by Aruti Nayar
Legacy:
Letters From Eminent
Parents to their
Daughters
by Sudha Menon
Random House India. Pages 258. Rs 399
THE 30 letters that comprised Jawaharlal Nehru's Letters From a Father to His Daughter, were written from prison to educate Indira
(Priyadarshani) about history, and civilisation. In this book, celebrity parents write to their daughters not so much about the world outside but their own little world —their journey to the top and the milestones that shaped it. As their struggle, hopes and dreams come vividly alive, the achievers, worldly accomplishments notwithstanding, come across as just
Amma, Appa, Mumma and Papa.
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