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Epistles
that shaped Indian politics
Reviewed by M Rajivlochan
Letters For A Nation: From
Jawaharlal Nehru to His Chief Ministers 1947-1963
Ed by Madhav Khosla. Penguin.
Pages 334. Rs 599
On
the eve of Independence, India was lucky to have someone like
Jawaharlal Nehru at the helm of affairs. Now that Indians were to run
the government, the biggest question was how they were going to do it.
The previous experience of Indians in government in 1937 had shown a
low level of politicking that India’s democratically elected leaders
could indulge in.
Schools
of thought
Reviewed by D. S. Cheema
Ethnographies of Schooling in
Contemporary India
Ed by Meenakshi
Thapan. Sage. Pages 368. Rs 895
Perhaps
school education has one of the largest number of stake holders and
that is why a lot has been written on schools and schooling.
Unfortunately, most of it is about the curriculum, type of
infrastructure, quality of teachers and the problems of students and
parents. Very little has been researched and written about what goes
on inside schools and classrooms.
How
to ctrl+delete stress
Reviewed by Ashok Kumar Yadav
Stress
to Serenity
by Amar Chandel.
Konark.
Pages 208. Rs 295
This
book encapsulates an easy-to-imbibe therapy to evacuate people from
the rubble of stress and help them attain health and happiness through
non-pharmaceutical practices. Stress to Serenity is based on
the wisdom acquired through three decades of experience in healing and
counselling by the author. It holds that the key to well-being lies
only in one’s own attitude.
Of
nostalgia and longing
Reviewed by Balwinder Kaur
Chanakya Returns
by Timeri N. Murari.
Aleph.
Pages 256. Rs 495
Uncles, Aunts &
Elephants
by Ruskin Bond. Puffin.
Pages 338. Rs 299
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