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REVIEW Seeds of hope In Sea of Poppies, Ghosh has produced his most incisive engagement with imperialism. SUMMER READING Hot picks A personal selection of currently available titles, to help you negotiate the heat this holiday season.
INTERACTION 
Sense and sensitivityM.T. Vasudevan Nair, the man who is equally at ease with both the written and the visual medium, says he is going to stick to writing because of the freedom it affords these days. FACE TO FACE Weaver of words In today’s world, in spite of so many pressures, one just has to be instinctively oneself, says Gulzar. Excerpts from an interview…
REMINISCENCES Rage of a radical consciousness Vijay Tendulkar’s anger was elemental because it was turned inward against an intimate enemy. A personal tribute...
CLASSICS REVISITED 
Modern disconnectRhinoceros (and Other Plays), Penguin Classics, Eugène Ionesco, first published 1959, Special Indian Price, £7.75“It’s not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it’s mankind.” ... ENDPAPER Literary ephemera Fun toys are no more targeted at just philistines and jocks. The Internet is a treasure trove for book geeks too. WORDSPEAK Hail Mary, pillow case 
BookwatchBehenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati, Ajoy Bose, Penguin, Rs. 499.Back in 1974, in An Indian Summer, journalist James Cameron observed that prominent women in Indian public life came from upper-class, English-speaking ... 
First ImpressionsLife in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka , had a certain gracious quality for those who lived on large estates. The British were seen as the epitome of development but underneath the beauty of the rolling tea slopes, the azure skies and the lush green, a ... SECOND THOUGHTS Wayward wanderers
FICTION The quest for answers A tale of two outsiders swimming against the current. FICTION Magic of numbers An exploration of the greatest discoveries of Math that also looks at larger questions of faith, reason, freedom and choice. REINTERPRETATIONS D and company Paanchali’s part-powerful, part-pallid take on her life and times makes for an easy-read epic. TRANSLATION Essaying a cityscape Mamu was the first novel to have an urban setting in Oriya literature. GENDER STUDIES On violence and violation This book explores the various kinds of systemic violence that women face. POETRY Evocative lyrics Gulzar at his best, conveying with simple elegance profound thoughts as only he can. ZIYA US SALAM HISTORY A balanced reading This is a meticulous chronicling of a historical period. |
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