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Candid about Chennai
Journalist-author Bishwanath Ghosh's latest book “Tamarind City” attempts to analyse and define Chennai with honesty and sensitivity
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Lessons from Bagchi's book
In the city to launch his latest book, best-selling business writer Subroto Bagchi explains his success mantra for young entrepreneurs
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May 15, 2012
Celebrating Tagore
“Inspired by Tagore”, an anthology of stories, poems and essays inspired by the poet and thinker, was launched recently at the British Council. The book is a compilation of the winning entries of...
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May 14, 2012
Trade in services: the story in all its glory
Towards the end of the last century, the world went through a quiet and unheralded development of a pivotal event in the history of international economics — the massive growth of external trade a...
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May 14, 2012
Different prisms
The Indian Maoist movement is like a mystery wrapped in a riddle. There are varied perceptions about the Red movement that has struck roots in several parts of India. If the insurgency has risen t...
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MADURAI,
May 14, 2012
Local histories significant to depict pluralism
Kaaval Kottam novel aptly fits into eminent Marxist scholar Karthigesu Sivathamby's definition of difference between short story and novel, where he says, novel has a lot of short stories and relat...
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Kochi,
May 13, 2012
Print Pick
As the River Flows
Rs. 299.00
This book brings together some of the finest contemporary short stories from Assam. The wide variety of styles and concerns here give...
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May 12, 2012
Showcase: Jihad redefined
In the summer of 1995, six tourists were kidnapped from the lush, pine-scented camping spot, nicknamed The Meadow, in the valleys of Kashmir. The ransom note said the kidnappers were from an Islami...
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May 12, 2012
A shrine for a love story
Orhan Pamuk inaugurated his Masumiyet Muzesi or The Museum of Innocence in Istanbul on April 28. The Museum is inspired by his eponymous novel, published in 2008, the story of star-crossed lovers i...
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May 11, 2012
Migrant tales
We always tend to look at Partition as a horrific event that undeniably altered the lives of people in the Indian subcontinent. The focus of literary works of considerable merit has almost always b...
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May 10, 2012
Extraordinary parallels
BHAGAVAD GITHAIYUM VALLUVAPPATHAIYUMEra. Shanmughapriyan. Mathangi Pathippagam, 3, Vivekananda Nagar, Woriyur, Tiruchi 620003. Rs.50.The tenets of the Bhagavad Gita help...
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Bangalore,
May 9, 2012
Looking outside the comfort zone
It is believed that marriages are made in heaven, but sometimes the hell in heaven comes in the form of infidelity. Noted Chennai-based psychiatrist Dr. Vijay Nagaswami, who has worked on relation...
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Rollercoaster ride
For those special books
The planning behind the City of Joy
Cover to cover
Chronicler of love and loss
The Creative Writer: Absurd meets sinister
Finely crafted debut
Breathless in Bombay
‘There are bits of me scattered in these books’
May 14, 2012
The whole world in full force
“Brahmand” in Sanskrit means huge or massive, and it can also signify the universe. Brahmand, World Defence Update 2012 lives up to its title, for the range and amplitude of the work is stu...
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May 14, 2012
Technology is anti-hero in tragedy of development
Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) published by the Sameeksha Trust in Mumbai is known for its scholarly approach to topics that often tend to be on the periphery of the mainstream media.
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May 14, 2012
Antidote to World Bank prescription
Corruption is no longer a word and has become a noise. Debates on corruption have reached high decibel levels and the world is no closer to solutions. Given the complexity, there are as many views...
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Kochi,
May 13, 2012
Behind the news
A dozen or so chairs await guests, a stylish stack of books waits for ‘release', as the young author waits, all geared up for the event at Reliance Timeout in Oberon Mall. The author in question...
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May 12, 2012
Showcase: Bhutanese gala
It's springtime in Bhutan and the Land of the Thunder Dragon is gearing up to host one of the fastest growing literary festivals in the world. Mountain Echoes is an annual literary and cultural fes...
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May 12, 2012
The poetic Taliban
From what we know about the Taliban — ill-humoured, no taste for aesthetics, averse to the arts — poetry is the last thing one would associate with them. But, apparently, there are Taliban who, con...
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NEW DELHI,
May 12, 2012
Unravelling secrets of Indian success stories
Post 1980, quite a few Indian writers in English language have had phenomenal success in terms of sale of their books, and some have also been honoured with the prestigious Man Booker Prize. To as...
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May 11, 2012
New Arrivals
Punjab Reconsidered — History, Culture and Practice: Edited by Anshu Malhotra, Farina Mir; Rs. 695.Media Ethics: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta; Rs. 375. Both the books pub. by Oxford University Pre...
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May 10, 2012
Hindu lifestyle and traditional medicine
The Great Hindu Tradition, An Insight into Vedic Principles, Sastras and Heritage – Sri Sarma Sastrigal – Rs. 200.
Authored by S. Swaminatha Sarma, who has dedicated himself to the...
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May 9, 2012
Gripping tale
From the acclaimed director of the Oscar-winning fantasy (“Pan's Labyrinth”), Guillermo Del Toro comes The Strain (Book 1 of The Strain Trilogy). Co-authored by Chuck Hogan, this is a grippi...
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