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On a safe pitch
Reviewed by Rohit
Mahajan
Playing It My Way
by Sachin Tendulkar.
Hodder and Stoughton. Pages 486. Rs 899
In
over 25 years of public life, Sachin Tendulkar shied away from
revelation or controversy or intimacy with the media. He began as a
painfully shy teenager who quickly realised that controversy and
excessive attention could distract him from the sport.
Battle
of ideologies
Reviewed by Mohammad
Imtiaz
Aziz’s Notebook at the Heart of the Iranian Revolution
by Chowra Makaremi. Yoda.
Pages 265. Rs 225
Political
revolutions have always been controversial. Iran’s
transformation into an Islamic state after the revolution of 1979 was
not acceptable to some political groups, and Aziz’s daughters had to
pay the price for being a part of such a group.
Storyteller
and reconteur
Reviewed by Aradhika
Sharma
Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto
Translated and edited by Aakar Patel.
Tranquebar. Pages 184. Rs 350
Reviewing
Manto is only an excuse to read him again. Unarguably one of
the greatest storytellers and writers of the 20th century, Saadat
Hasan Manto’s work still remains relevant in the
socio-political-cultural contexts of the subcontinent. A century after
his birth, Manto is yet holding up a mirror to us and our times.
Balancing
act
Reviewed by Madan Mohan
Goel
Peace and Development
Ed by Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Nadwi.
Alhikmah Foundation. Pages 474. Rs 400
It
hardly needs any justification that peace is a necessary and
sufficient condition for development. Slow development is partially
because of conflicting and uncoordinated approach taken by the various
stakeholders. To move on the ladder with morality, victory and
empowerment, we need to believe and trust that god is one. We have to
diagnose the obstacles that hinder cooperation and coordination among
stakeholders of development. There is no place for blame game or war
of words for achieving sustainability in the development process.
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