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A
study in courage
Reviewed by Seema Sachdeva
Malala: The girl who stood up
for education and changed the world
by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick.
Indigo.
Pages 245. Rs 299
A
braveheart she is for sure. The story of Malala Yousafzai, recipient
of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014, is the tale of courage and
strength. Her biography, Malala: The girl who stood up for
education and changed the world, gives a first-person account of
the extraordinary life of an ordinary girl.
A
guide, mentor and friend
Reviewed by B.B. Goel
A Wonderful Boss
by Virender Kapoor.
Bloomsbury.
Pages 355. Rs 350
It
is
a sheer myth that the word ‘boss’ has a negative connotation or
that he has the divine right to treat his team as personal property.
The truth is otherwise. The edited book provides vivid glimpse of real
stories of industry czars, journalists, bureaucrats who had
illustrious innings as bosses. The versatile editor has extracted
innumerable ideas from their perspectives and has knitted these in a
way that makes the reader curious about what lies ahead. Bosses can be
visionaries, strategists, inspiring, terrific, hot headed or terrible
and the book introduces the readers to all of them.
Soaring
the skies
Reviewed by Vijay Mohan
Combat Lore: Indian Air Force
1930-45
by Somnath Sapru. KW.
Pages 569. Rs 1,190
Four
years after it was formed, the first flight of the then Royal Indian
Air Force took off for its maiden operational deployment at Peshawar
in 1936. The pilots flew so well that senior British army officers
preferred to fly with the Indian officers rather than with those from
the Royal Air Force (RAF), to which the flight had been attached.
| Growing
pains of an adolescent boy is the subject of Mohit Parikh's Manan.
For a boy who harbours an inferiority complex for being short,
the onset of puberty is like the trump card that will set his
game right. Jubilant as the first signs greet him, he awaits
with unabated breath the signs of growing up, changing voice and
all other things that come with puberty. Mohit Parikh has been
published in Identity Theory, Out of Print Magazine, Burrow
Press Review and The Bombay Literary Magazine, among
others and Manan is his first book. |
Making
sense of spirituality
Reviewed by Mohammad Imtiaz
Masterji
by Puja Borker.
Om.
Pages 265.Rs 225
This
is a story of a boy hailing from a village in Rajasthan, who rises
from the early miseries of his life. Throughout the novel, we see a
clash between the receding but still dominant old values and the
emerging new ones.
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