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Old tale, new
wisdom
Reviewed by Priyanka Singh
Sita
by Devdutt Pattanaik. Penguin. Page 318. Rs 499
What
is there to gain from the Sita story retold over and over? Plenty,
really. Curiosity is what draws one to the book — Why should it be
read if one knows the Ramayana? What more is there to know? The
delightful, compelling manner in which Devdutt reintroduces the tale
is bewitching. The stellar narrative is the fuel that propels the
flow, so lucid. No heavy religious overtones, or undertones, here.
Road
less taken & how!
Reviewed by Jasmine
Singh
Raghu Rearview: My Roadies Journey
Rupa. Pages 293. Rs 195
ON
an impulse, she picked up her medical report that was clipped to the
bed and opened it. She wasn't suppose to. TWINS???!!! So, it was
happening, Amma's little brother Narsu had already suggested the name
of the twins Mareech and Subahu, after the two demons of Tathaka. The
two monsters were coming, and they did as Raghu Ram and Ram Lakshman.
On
Celluloid Lane: Some hits, some misses
Reviewed by Suresh
Kohli
40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed
by Avijit Ghosh Tranquebar. Pages 297. Rs 395
One
has multiple problems with the book, beginning with both with the
title and the subtitle. In terms of cinema, a retake would tantamount
to redoing the same scene again. Here, the author is taking a second
look at an old film, so a Second Look would have been an appropriate
option.
Guide
to being and becoming a global leader
D S Cheema
Entrepreneurship Development in India
by Noboru Tabe and Somu Giriappa Kalpaz Publications. Pages 333. Rs
990
IT
is well recognised that world's future is irrefutably tied to that of
India because of its 1.25 billion population which has the potential
to shape the world in many different ways. Economists have established
that any deficiency in material resources can be more than made up by
quality human resources.
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