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Why Islamic
feminism is not a contradiction
Reviewed by Shalini
Rawat
Islam: Gender Justice
by Asghar Ali Engineer
Gyan Publishing House.
Pages 312. Rs 900
asghar
Ali Engineer, lovingly called ‘Dr Engineer,’ was a Bohra
cleric’s son who tirelessly campaigned all his life against
religious fundamentalism, intolerance and gender injustice. He was
trained in Quranic tafsir (commentary), Tawil (hidden
meaning of Quran) fiqh (jurisprudence) and hadith
(Prophet’s sayings).
A
success story called Bihar
Reviewed by BB Goel
Nitish Engineering:
Reconstructing Bihar
by Sanjay Sinha
Kalpaz Publications. Pages 159. Rs 490
in
a federal country like ours, states are creation of the Union
Government. There has been intense level playing amongst constituents
to evolve distinct governance models; claim them as the best in all
roundprosperity of State; and eye for its replication elsewhere. These
models vary across states — Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Delhi, Kerala, Bihar etc.
A
candid look at policies
Reviewed by Ambika
Sharma
The Politics of Poverty:
Planning India’s Development
by DK Rangnekar
Sage Publications. Pages 256.Rs 695
the
writer minces no words in blaming the political class for taking
decisions that fail to serve the cause of the poor. The book is a
candid look at the policies of successive governments of the country
which remained at the helm of affairs in the 1970s. It has been
written by an economist-turned-journalist, who headed various business
papers.
Looking
at the power behind the throne
Reviewed by Vibha Sharma
born
and brought up in India, Indu Sundaresan grew up on the stories of her
father and grandfather, who were both avid storytellers. She went to
US for her higher studies — M.S. in operations research and a
Master’s in economics. But the storytelling gene in her was too
strong to get subdued by any distraction and she began writing soon
after the graduate school.
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